{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-110v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-6-110v1","heading":"Examination of applicants","body":"A. 1. Service Oklahoma shall establish procedures to ensure\n\nevery applicant for an original Class A, B, C or D license and for\n\nany endorsements thereon is examined by Service Oklahoma, or an\n\napproved written examination proctor, except as otherwise provided\n\nin Section 6-101 et seq. of this title or as provided in paragraph 2\n\nof this subsection or in subsections D and E of this section.\n\nService Oklahoma is authorized to approve and enter into agreements\n\nwith third parties including, but not limited to, public school\n\ndistricts, technology center districts overseen by the Oklahoma\n\nDepartment of Career and Technology Education, institutions of\n\nhigher education, or commercial driver training schools, to act as\n\napproved written examination proctors with regard to any written\n\nexamination required by this section. The examination shall include\n\na test of the applicant’s:\n\na. eyesight,\n\nb. ability to read and understand highway signs\n\nregulating, warning and directing traffic,\n\nc. knowledge of the traffic laws of this state including\n\na portion on bicycle and motorcycle safety, and\n\nd. ability, by actual demonstration, to exercise ordinary\n\nand reasonable control in the operation of a motor\n\nvehicle. The actual demonstration shall be conducted\n\nin the type of motor vehicle for the class of driver\n\nlicense being applied for.\n\nThe Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service\n\nOklahoma, may create a knowledge test that may be taken on the\n\nInternet by an applicant applying for a Class D license.\n\nAny licensee seeking to apply for a driver license of another class\n\nwhich is not covered by the licensee’s current driver license shall\n\nbe considered an applicant for an original license for that class.\n\n2. Service Oklahoma shall have the authority to waive the\n\nrequirement of any part of the examination required in paragraph 1\n\nof this subsection for those applicants whose driving record meets\n\nthe standards set by the Department of Public Safety and surrender\n\neither of the following:\n\na. a valid unexpired driver license issued by any state\n\nor country for the same type or types of vehicles, or\n\nb. an expired driver license that:\n\n(1) is not expired more than six (6) months past the\n\nexpiration date listed on the driver license, and\n\n(2) is not a Class A, B or C commercial driver\n\nlicense or commercial driver license permit.\n\n3. Service Oklahoma shall accept skills test results from\n\nanother state for Class A, B or C license applicants who have\n\nsuccessfully completed commercial motor vehicle driver training in\n\nthat state and successfully passed the skills test in that state;\n\nprovided, Service Oklahoma shall not accept skills test results from\n\nanother state when the applicant has not successfully completed\n\ncommercial motor vehicle driver training in that state. Nothing in\n\nthis section shall be construed to prohibit Service Oklahoma from\n\nadministering the skills test to any applicant who has successfully\n\ncompleted commercial vehicle driver training in another state.\n\n4. All applicants requiring a hazardous materials endorsement\n\nshall be required, for the renewal of the endorsement, to\n\nsuccessfully complete the examination and to submit to a security\n\nthreat assessment performed by the Transportation Security\n\nAdministration of the Department of Homeland Security as required by\n\nand pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 1572, which shall be used to\n\ndetermine whether the applicant is eligible for renewal of the\n\nendorsement pursuant to federal law and regulation.\n\n5. Service Oklahoma, or an approved written examination\n\nproctor, shall give the complete examination as provided for in this\n\nsection within thirty (30) days from the date the application is\n\nreceived, and the examination shall be given at a location within\n\none hundred (100) miles of the residence of the applicant. Service\n\nOklahoma shall make every effort to make the examination locations\nion.\n\n5. Service Oklahoma, or an approved written examination\n\nproctor, shall give the complete examination as provided for in this\n\nsection within thirty (30) days from the date the application is\n\nreceived, and the examination shall be given at a location within\n\none hundred (100) miles of the residence of the applicant. Service\n\nOklahoma shall make every effort to make the examination locations\n\nand times convenient for applicants. Service Oklahoma shall\n\nconsider giving the examination at any public or private site, if\n\neconomically feasible and practicable, and if Service Oklahoma and\n\nthe owner or the governing body agree.\n\nB. Any person holding a valid Oklahoma Class D license or\n\nprovisional driver license pursuant to Section 6-212 of this title\n\nand applying for a Class A, B or C commercial license shall be\n\nrequired to successfully complete all examinations as required for\n\nthe specified class. Failure to submit to Service Oklahoma\n\nfederally required medical certification information pursuant to 49\n\nC.F.R., Part 391.41 et seq. shall result in an automatic downgrade\n\nof a commercial license to a Class D license. Provided, however,\n\nonce the required medical certification information has been\n\nreceived by Service Oklahoma, the license shall be reinstated to the\n\nclassification of the commercial license prior to the downgrade and\n\nthe holder of such a license shall not be required to reapply.\n\nC. Except as provided in subsection E of Section 6-101 of this\n\ntitle, any person holding a valid Oklahoma Class A, B or C\n\ncommercial license shall, upon time for renewal thereof, be entitled\n\nto a Class D license without any type of testing or examination,\n\nexcept for any endorsements thereon as otherwise provided for by\n\nSection 6-110.1 of this title.\n\nD. 1. Any certified driver education instructor who is\n\ncurrently an operator or an employee of a commercial driver training\n\nschool in this state or any driver education instructor employed by\n\nany school district in this state shall be eligible to apply to be a\n\ndesignated examiner of Service Oklahoma for the purposes of\n\nadministering the Class D driving skills portion of the Oklahoma\n\ndriving examination to any person who is eligible to take the\n\nOklahoma driving examination including, but not limited to, a person\n\nwho has been issued a learner permit or farm permit. Service\n\nOklahoma shall to the maximum extent possible accept electronic\n\nsignatures for all applications to be a designated examiner.\n\n2. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service\n\nOklahoma, shall adopt a curriculum of required courses and training\n\nto be offered to applicants who are qualified to apply to be a\n\ndesignated examiner. The courses and training for certification\n\nshall meet the same standards as required for driver examiners of\n\nService Oklahoma. Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of\n\nthis act, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, Service Oklahoma\n\nshall publish a schedule for the subsequent calendar year of courses\n\nand trainings which shall occur no less than twice per calendar\n\nyear. Service Oklahoma may schedule additional courses and\n\ntrainings based on demand. Service Oklahoma shall disclose how many\n\nslots are available for each course or training and any restrictions\n\non how those slots may be allocated at the time of publishing the\n\nschedule.\n\n3. Each person applying to be a designated examiner shall be\n\nrequired to pay an initial designated examiner certification fee of\n\nOne Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Upon successful completion of\n\ntraining prescribed by paragraph 2 of this subsection, the person\n\nshall be required to pay an annual designated examiner certification\n\nfee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). If an applicant for the\n\ndesignated examiner program is employed by an Oklahoma public school\n\nsystem that offers driver education, and he or she administers the\ne Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Upon successful completion of\n\ntraining prescribed by paragraph 2 of this subsection, the person\n\nshall be required to pay an annual designated examiner certification\n\nfee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). If an applicant for the\n\ndesignated examiner program is employed by an Oklahoma public school\n\nsystem that offers driver education, and he or she administers the\n\nskills test only to students enrolled in a public school driver\n\neducation program, the certification fee may be waived by Service\n\nOklahoma. Each designated examiner certification shall expire on\n\nthe last day of the calendar year and may be renewed upon\n\napplication to Service Oklahoma. The designated examiner\n\ncertification fees collected by Service Oklahoma pursuant to this\n\nsubsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of\n\nPublic Safety Restricted Revolving Fund to be used for the purposes\n\nof this subsection, through October 31, 2022. Beginning November 1,\n\n2022, the designated examiner certification fees collected by\n\nService Oklahoma pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to\n\nthe credit of the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund. No designated\n\nexaminer certification fee shall be refunded in the event that\n\ncertification is denied, suspended or revoked.\n\n4. A designated examiner may charge a fee for each Class D\n\ndriving skills examination given, whether the person being examined\n\npasses or fails the examination.\n\n5. Service Oklahoma shall conduct an annual complete nationwide\n\ncriminal history background check on each designated examiner and a\n\ncomplete nationwide criminal history background check on each\n\ndesignated examiner applicant. The fees for the background check\n\nshall be borne by the designated examiner or designated examiner\n\napplicant.\n\n6. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service\n\nOklahoma, shall promulgate rules to implement and administer the\n\nprovisions of this subsection.\n\nE. 1. Upon application and approval of Service Oklahoma, any\n\npublic or private commercial truck driving school that has or\n\nmaintains a program instructing students for a Class A, B or C\n\nlicense, public transit agency, state, county or municipal\n\ngovernment agency in this state, such as local school districts, the\n\nOklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or\n\ninstitutions of higher education, or a private entity, shall be\n\nauthorized to hire or employ designated examiners approved by\n\nService Oklahoma to be third-party examiners of the Class A, B or C\n\ndriving skills portion and/or knowledge written portion, pursuant to\n\nsubsection A of this section, of the Oklahoma driving examination.\n\nAll designated examiners must successfully have completed the\n\ncourses and training as outlined in paragraph 2 of this subsection.\n\nService Oklahoma shall be required to approve at least one public\n\ntransit agency that has or maintains a program instructing students\n\nfor a Class A, B or C license to hire or employ third-party\n\nexaminers pursuant to this section. It shall be permissible for any\n\npublic transit agency operating in this state to utilize the third-\n\nparty examiners hired or employed by a public transit agency\n\napproved by Service Oklahoma.\n\n2. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service\n\nOklahoma, shall adopt a curriculum of required courses and training\n\nto be offered to third-party examiners. The courses and training\n\nfor certification shall meet the same standards as required for\n\ncommercial driver examiners of Service Oklahoma.\n\n3. Service Oklahoma shall require each third-party examiner\n\napplicant and commercial school driver education instructor\n\napplicant to submit to an electronic national criminal history\n\nrecord check pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. On or before December 1, 2022, Service Oklahoma shall\nsame standards as required for\n\ncommercial driver examiners of Service Oklahoma.\n\n3. Service Oklahoma shall require each third-party examiner\n\napplicant and commercial school driver education instructor\n\napplicant to submit to an electronic national criminal history\n\nrecord check pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. On or before December 1, 2022, Service Oklahoma shall\n\nrequire each third-party examiner or commercial school driver\n\neducation instructor to submit to an electronic national criminal\n\nhistory record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. The fees for the background check shall be borne\n\nby the third-party examiner, third-party examiner applicant,\n\ncommercial school driver education instructor or commercial school\n\ndriver education instructor applicant.\n\nF. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules to:\n\n1. Implement and administer the provisions of this section\n\nbased on requirements set forth in Section 383.75 of Title 49 of the\n\nCode of Federal Regulations;\n\n2. Establish a process to inform any school, public transit\n\nagency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency,\n\nwho has been denied, within forty-five (45) days from the denial;\n\n3. Create an appeal process for any school, public transit\n\nagency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency\n\ndenied; and\n\n4. If the initial application for approval was denied, limit\n\nthe number of times an individual school, public transit agency,\n\nindividual examiner applicant, or state, county or municipal\n\ngovernment agency may reapply in a calendar year to two\n\nreapplications.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e355c3dd6f75397d31c8cacb9283ee0f5bf96e24007e07416559b50eb627972f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-110.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-110v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}