{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-385.605","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 385.605","heading":"New entrant registration driver's license and drug and alcohol testing requirements.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER III—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS","PART 385—SAFETY FITNESS PROCEDURES","Subpart H—Special Rules for New Entrant Non-North America-Domiciled Carriers"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"8c14727473d99856231106f72fac7ffbb2db89fdac3ec5c587b9b5543e0d0d55","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-385.603t","next":"us/49-cfr-385.607"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}