Commercial driver's license; qualifications; standards

A. The division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to a person unless that person can establish that New Mexico is the person's state of domicile and has passed a knowledge test and a skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle and, for related endorsements, has passed a medical fitness test and has satisfied any other requirements of the New Mexico Commercial Driver's License Act [66-5-52 to 66-5-72 NMSA 1978]. B. The division may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver-training facility or other private institution or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test or knowledge test specified by this section; provided that the person being authorized has completed entry-level driver training as required by federal law. C. A commercial driver's license applicant who does not pass the skills test or knowledge test may repeat the: (1) knowledge test no more than twice a week; and (2) skills test no more than three times a year. D. If the department determines that a commercial driver's license applicant has committed an offense in taking a test specified in this section, the division shall not issue a commercial driver's license to that applicant within one year of the department's determination. History: Laws 1989, ch. 14, § 9; 2005, ch. 312, § 4; 2007, ch. 321, § 5; 2008, ch. 72, § 1; 2014, ch. 67, § 1; 2022, ch. 24, § 3.