FMCSA Requirements

Upon receiving their Permit, and before operating a Commercial Vehicle, Student Drivers enrolled in an independent school must complete these steps:

1.     Register with the FMCSA Clearinghouse as a ‘Student Driver’

2.     Sign up with a ‘TPA/Consortium’ and sync with them via the FMCSA Clearinghouse; must be eligible for random selections

3.     Purchase and Run a Full Query on their own drug/alcohol violation history via the FMCSA Clearinghouse

4.     Electronically consent to the Full Query via FMCSA Clearinghouse

5.     Sign a DOT-approved drug and alcohol policy which they then keep in their individual files

6.     Take a pre-employment DOT-FMCSA drug test and receive a negative result