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Current textIn force on Dec. 30, 2024Source: eCFR

§ 383.37 Employer responsibilities.

Current wording, effective November 17, 2023.

eCFR as of December 30, 2024 ↗
49 CFR § 383.37 — Employer responsibilities.. Text in force on December 30, 2024. This wording effective November 17, 2023 to present. Source: eCFR as of December 30, 2024, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-12-30/title-49/section-383.37. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/383.37?asof=2024-12-30, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

No employer may allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to operate a CMV in the United States if the employer knows or should reasonably know that any of the following circumstances exist:

(a) During any period in which the driver does not have a current CLP or CDL or does not have a CLP or CDL with the proper class or endorsements. An employer may not use a driver to operate a CMV who violates any restriction on the driver's CLP or CDL.

(b) During any period in which the driver has a CLP or CDL disqualified by a State, has lost the right to operate a CMV in a State, or has been disqualified from operating a CMV.

(c) During any period in which the driver has more than one CLP or CDL.

(d) During any period in which the driver, or the CMV the driver is operating, or the motor carrier operation, is subject to an out-of-service order.

(e) In violation of a Federal, State, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.

[76 FR 26879, May 9, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 60231, Oct. 1, 2013; 88 FR 80181, Nov. 17, 2023]

Amendment history

5 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Nov. 17, 2023 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [76 FR 26879, May 9, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 60231, Oct. 1, 2013; 88 FR 80181, Nov. 17, 2023]
  2. Oct. 1, 2013 → Nov. 17, 2023annual editions 2013–2016diff vs. previous
    [76 FR 26879, May 9, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 60231, Oct. 1, 2013]
  3. Oct. 1, 2011 → Oct. 1, 2013annual editions 2011–2012diff vs. previous
    [76 FR 26879, May 9, 2011]
  4. Oct. 1, 1999 → Oct. 1, 2011annual editions 1999–2010diff vs. previous
    [64 FR 48110, Sept. 2, 1999]
  5. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 1999annual editions 1996–1998
    [52 FR 20587, June 1, 1987; 52 FR 32926, Sept. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 26028, May 18, 1994]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.