Terms Used In Maryland Code, TRANSPORTATION 16-809

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
A person may drive a commercial motor vehicle if:

(1) The person holds a valid commercial driver’s license issued by any:

(i) State in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial driver’s license; or

(ii) Foreign jurisdiction that the United States Department of Transportation has determined issues commercial drivers’ licenses in accordance with the minimum federal standards;

(2) The person’s driver’s license is not refused, suspended, revoked, or canceled;

(3) The person is not disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle in any state;

(4) The person is not disqualified from driving a commercial vehicle by the United States Department of Transportation;

(5) The person is not subject to an out-of-service order as defined in § 16-812(i)(1)(ii) of this subtitle;

(6) The person has the commercial driver’s license in the person’s possession; and

(7) The person’s commercial driver’s license is valid for the type of vehicle being driven, as determined by regulation established by the United States Department of Transportation.