S.C. Code Regs. § § 90-120

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 90-120 - Minimum Training Hours for Commercial Drivers Licenses

A. Requirements: One commercial motor vehicle must be provided for each three students during the highway training, provided four students per commercial motor vehicle are permitted if the vehicle has been inspected and approved for such use by the Department. No more than nine students per instructor will be allowed for field training.

B. Training Record: A training record must be completed and initialed by the student and instructor each day. The training record, including records tracking the minimum training hours required by the Department, should be maintained in the possession of the driver training school and must become part of the student record and made available for inspection by the Department upon request. The student's completion of the state's minimum training hours must be verified by the school and signed by the student.

C. Minimum Curriculum: To successfully complete truck driver training, licensed persons eighteen or older must complete a course satisfying the requirements of ELDT and consisting of the following minimum hours for the type of training being conducted:

(1) Class A Tractor-Trailer:

(a) A course of instruction that includes all applicable requirements set forth under 49 CFR, Part 380 , et seq., with a minimum of one-hundred-and-forty-eight (148) hours of training, to include a minimum of eight (8) hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads;

(b) A commercial driving school may provide a Class A behind-the-wheel course as a separate course of instruction with a minimum of ninety-eight (98) hours of training if theory training has already been completed through another training provider. The course must include a minimum of eight (8) hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads. The school must verify that students have successfully completed theory training before they are allowed to attend.

(2) Class A Non-Tractor Trailer:

(a) A course of instruction to include all applicable requirements set forth under 49 CFR, Part 380 , et seq, with a minimum of seventy (70) hours of training. The course must include a minimum of 4 hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads.

(b) A commercial driving school must provide a Class A Non-Tractor trailer behind-the-wheel course as a separate course of instruction with a minimum twenty (20) hours of training. The course must include a minimum of four (4) hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads.

(3) Class B or Straight Truck/Passenger Bus Instruction

(a) A course of instruction to include all applicable requirements set forth under 49 CFR, Part 380 , et seq with a minimum of seventy (70) hours of training. The course must include a minimum of four (4) hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads;

(b) A commercial driving school may provide a Class B behind-the-wheel course as a separate course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of training. The course must include a minimum of four (4) hours of behind-the-wheel driving on public roads. The school must verify that students have successfully completed theory training before they are allowed to attend.

D. Students who complete the Class "B" training who wish to upgrade to a Class "A" license may do so. Students who upgrade, will be given credit for any theory training already performed that is equivalent to the Class "A" theory training.

E. Hazardous materials, passenger and school bus endorsement theory training as separate courses of instruction.

S.C. Code Regs. § 90-120

Added by State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2007; State Register Volume 45, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/28/2021; State Register Volume 46, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2022.