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Question 8: Who can provide entry-level driver training (ELDT)?
Guidance: Training providers listed on the Training Provider Registry are the only entities that can provide training required by the ELDT regulations. To comply with the ELDT regulations, drivers must...
Question 9: How can an entity become eligible to be listed on the Training Provider Registry?
Guidance: To be eligible for listing on the Training Provider Registry, an entity must meet the following requirements:
Follow a curriculum that meets the applicable...Question 23: Can driving simulators be used as a substitute for mandatory behind-the-wheel (BTW) training?
Guidance: No. The entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations do not permit BTW training to be conducted by using a driving simulation device, and a driver-trainee...
Question 18: Must training providers be accredited in order to get listed on the Training Provider Registry?
Guidance: No. The entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations do not require that training providers be accredited by a third-party organization as a...
Question 17: Does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) certify or approve training instructors for listing on the Training Provider Registry (TPR)?
Guidance: No. FMCSA has no role in certifying training instructors. The regulations establish a...
Question 15: Must training providers comply with State-based training requirements to be listed on the Training Provider Registry?
Guidance: Yes. As part of the self-certification process for listing on the Training Provider Registry, training providers must attest,...
Question 10: What types of entities can apply to be listed on the Training Provider Registry?
Guidance: Training schools, educational institutions, rural electric cooperatives, motor carriers, State and local governments, school districts, joint labor-management...
Question 5: Can States impose more stringent standards than those established by the entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations?
Guidance: Yes. The regulations generally do not replace or otherwise supersede State ELDT requirements that exceed these minimum Federal...
Question 4: If an applicant held a commercial learner’s permit (CLP) before February 7, 2022, and obtains his or her commercial driver’s license (CDL) before the CLP expires, will he or she be exempt from the ELDT requirements?
Guidance: Yes. If the applicant obtains a...
Question 2: Who is exempt from entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements?
Guidance: Military drivers, farmers, and firefighters who are generally excepted from the CDL requirements in part 383 are also excepted from this rule.