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§ 391.1 Scope of the rules in this part; additional qualifications; duties of carrier-drivers.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2015.

eCFR as of June 11, 2018 ↗
49 CFR § 391.1 — Scope of the rules in this part; additional qualifications; duties of carrier-drivers.. Text in force on June 11, 2018. This wording effective October 1, 2015 to present. Source: eCFR as of June 11, 2018, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2018-06-11/title-49/section-391.1. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/391.1?asof=2018-06-11, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) The rules in this part establish minimum qualifications for persons who drive commercial motor vehicles as, for, or on behalf of motor carriers. The rules in this part also establish minimum duties of motor carriers with respect to the qualifications of their drivers.

(b) An individual who meets the definition of both a motor carrier and a driver employed by that motor carrier must comply with both the rules in this part that apply to motor carriers and the rules in this part that apply to drivers.

[35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 18057, May 19, 1988; 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995; 80 FR 59074, Oct. 1, 2015]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2015 → presentannual editions 2015–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 18057, May 19, 1988; 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995; 80 FR 59074, Oct. 1, 2015]
  2. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2015annual editions 1996–2014
    [35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 18057, May 19, 1988; 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995]

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.