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Regulatory Guidance

Welcome to the FMCSA Guidance Portal. This web portal is a searchable, indexed database that contains and links to all guidance documents in effect from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract.

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Subject Agency Identifier Topic Issued Date
Part 380 Appendix – Entry level Driver Training Guidance Q&A Question 19: Are there specific hours of behind-the-wheel (BTW) training mandated for the various curricula? FMCSA-ELDT-380-Appendix-Q019 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
§380.603 – Applicability (ELDT) Guidance Q&A Question 1: Who is subject to entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements? FMCSA-ELDT-380.603-Q001 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
Part 380 Appendix – Entry level Driver Training (ELDT) Guidance Q&A Question 20: Are there specific hours of training mandated for the theory curricula? FMCSA-ELDT-380-Appendix-Q020 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
§380 Appendix – Entry Level Driver Training Guidance Q&A Question 21: Is there a mandatory sequence that the specific theory and behind-the-wheel (BTW) training must be taken in? FMCSA-ELDT-380-Appendix-Q021 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
What CMV group is a driver of an articulated motorcoach (bus) with a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or more required to possess? FMCSA-CDL-383.91-Q04 Commercial Driver License Standards; Articulated Bus, CDL Type
Does a receipt to drive issued pursuant to the administrative license revocation (ALR) procedure authorize the continued operation of a CMV when the license surrendered is a CDL? FMCSA-CDL-383.51-Alc-Q02 Commercial Driver License Standards; ALR Procedure
Part 380 Appendix – Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) Guidance Q&A (Q024) FMCSA-ELDT-380-Appendix-Q024 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
When a driver (a) receives an Administrative Order of Suspension due to a blood alcohol reading in excess of the legal limit with notice that the suspension is not to be effective until 45 days after the notice or after an administrative hearing, and (b) FMCSA-CDL-383.33-Q1 Commercial Driver License Standards; Administrative Order of Suspension
Part 380 – Entry level Driver Training Guidance Q&A (Q025) FMCSA-ELDT-380-Appendix-Q025 Commercial Driver License; Entry level Driver Training
Is the transportation of seed-cotton modules from the cotton field to the gin by a module transport vehicle considered a form of custom harvesting activity that may be included under the FRSI waiver (§ 383.3(f))? FMCSA-CDL-383.3-Q17 Commercial Driver License Standards; Custom Harvesting Activity