Section Trans 104.10 - Retesting intervals for certain endorsements(1) SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENTS.(a) Any person who applies to renew a Wisconsin school bus endorsement shall take and pass a school bus knowledge test, vision and hearing screening, highway sign test and an abbreviated skills test in a school bus.(b) An abbreviated school bus skills test includes at least the following:2. Simulated rural student discharge.3. Railroad crossing stop.(c) The components of the skills test shall be scored as pass or fail. If a driver commits a moving traffic violation or dangerous act or is involved in an accident, the driver shall fail the skills test.(d) If a person with a school bus endorsement fails the abbreviated skills test, the person's school bus endorsement may not be renewed until the person retakes and passes the abbreviated skills test. The department may require a driver to retake a complete driving school bus test if the results of an abbreviated skills test lead the examiner to question whether the driver has the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a school bus in compliance with the laws of this state.(e) A person who holds a license with a school bus endorsement that is restricted from operation of air-brake equipped vehicles may not take a school bus endorsement abbreviated skills test in an air-brake equipped vehicle unless the person first completes all knowledge and skills examinations required to remove an air-brake restriction under ss. Trans 104.03(2) (f) and (8) and 104.06(5) (b). The air-brake pre-inspection test and abbreviated air-brake skills test may be conducted as part of a school bus abbreviated skills test.(f) Persons who are 70 years of age or older and hold a school bus endorsement shall demonstrate their continuing ability to meet the licensing requirements of this subsection at 2-year intervals and shall file a medical certification annually. The 2-year periods described under this paragraph shall be measured from the date of the driver's preceding examination. Note: Form MV3030B, Medical Examination Report, is used for school bus medical certification. It may be obtained from a Division of Motor Vehicles Service Center or by writing, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Medical/Alcohol Review Section, P.O. Box 7918, Madison, WI 53707-7918.
(2) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENDORSEMENTS. Any person who applies to renew a hazardous materials endorsement or who holds a license from another jurisdiction and applies for an original Wisconsin license endorsed to permit transportation of hazardous materials shall take the hazardous materials knowledge test.(3) SPECIAL RESTRICTED LICENSES. Any person who applies to renew a special restricted license issued under s. 343.135, Stats., shall successfully complete the knowledge and skills tests required for the license that is being renewed.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 104.10
Cr. Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8-1-96; am. (1) (d) and (e), Register, August, 2000, No. 536, eff. 9-1-00.