Clearinghouse rule change could downgrade over 175,000 CDLs

The compliance date for a rule that would see the commercial driving privileges revoked from truckers with a “prohibited” status in FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is quickly approaching.

According to FMCSA, the second Clearinghouse rule “will improve the enforcement of the current driving prohibition by requiring that states refrain from issuing, renewing, transferring, or upgrading the CLP or CDL of affected drivers.”

Under the second phase, state driver licensing agencies will be required to:

• Query the Clearinghouse before issuing, renewing, upgrading or transferring CDLs and issuing, renewing and upgrading commercial learner’s permits
• Review a driver’s information when notified by FMCSA of a driver’s Clearinghouse status change

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