Current textIn force on April 27, 2026Source: eCFR

§ 385.605 New entrant registration driver's license and drug and alcohol testing requirements.

Current wording, first on file in the 2009 annual edition.

eCFR as of April 27, 2026 ↗

49 CFR § 385.605 — New entrant registration driver's license and drug and alcohol testing requirements.. Text in force on April 27, 2026. This wording effective October 1, 2009 to present. Source: eCFR as of April 27, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-04-27/title-49/section-385.605. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/385.605?asof=2026-04-27, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) A non-North America-domiciled motor carrier must use only drivers who possess a valid commercial driver's license—a CDL, Canadian Commercial Driver's License, or Mexican Licencia de Federal de Conductor—to operate its vehicles in the United States.

(b) A non-North America-domiciled motor carrier must subject each of the drivers described in paragraph (a) of this section to drug and alcohol testing as prescribed under part 382 of this subchapter.

Amendment history

1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009 → presentannual editions 2009–2016viewing

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.