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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
If a driver is convicted of one of the specified offenses in §391.15(c), but is allowed to retain his driver’s license, is he/she still disqualified? FMCSA-DQ-391.15-Q007 Driver disqualification
If a driver has his/her license suspended for driving while under the influence of alcohol, and 2 months later, as a result of this same incident, the driver is convicted of a DWI, must the periods of disqualification be combined since these are both disq FMCSA-DQ-391.15-Q008 Driver disqualification
If a driver commits a felony while operating a CMV but not in the employ of a motor carrier, is the offense disqualifying? FMCSA-DQ-391.15-Q009 Driver disqualification
Question 1: May a nonmotor carrier which owns a CMV prepare the qualification certificate provided for in §391.65? FMCSA-DQ-391.65-Q001 Drivers furnished by other motor carriers
§391.15 Disqualification of drivers. FMCSA-DQ-391.15-Q001 Driver disqualification
If a driver submits an application for employment and has someone else type, write, or print the answers to the questions for him and he signs the application, does this constitute a valid application? FMCSA-DQ-391.21-Q001 Driver application for employment
Is there a prescribed or specified form that must be used when a driver applies for employment, or can a carrier develop its own application? FMCSA-DQ-391.21-Q002 Driver employment application
§391.21(b)(11) requires that an application for employment contain 10 years of prior employment information on the driver. FMCSA-DQ-391.21-Q003 391.21, application, driver application, employment history, Mexico, Mexican driver, Canada, Canadian Driver Licencia Federal
Question 2: May the certificate of qualification as prescribed by §391.65 be incorporated into another carrier’s forms such as a lease and/or interchange agreement? FMCSA-DQ-391.65-Q002 Drivers furnished by other motor carriers
When a motor carrier receives a request for driver information from another motor carrier about a former or current driver, is it required to supply the requested information? FMCSA-DQ-391.23-Q001 Driver investigations and inquiries