Minnesota Administrative Rules

8850.7300 WAIVER APPLICATION CONTENTS.

A letter of application for a waiver under part 8850.7200 must contain:

A.

the name and address of the applicant, including:

(1)

the name and complete address of the carrier coapplicant;

(2)

the name and complete address of the driver applicant; and

(3)

a description of the driver applicant's limb impairment for which a waiver is requested;

B.

a description of the type of operation the driver will be employed to perform, including:

(1)

the average period of time the driver will be driving and on duty, per day;

(2)

the type of commodities or cargo to be transported; and

(3)

whether the driver operation is conducted as a sleeper team, relay, owner operator, or otherwise;

C.

the number of years the driver has operated the type of vehicle for which a waiver is requested and the total years of experience operating all types of motor vehicles;

D.

a description of the vehicle that the driver applicant intends to drive, including:

(1)

the truck or truck tractor make, model, and year;

(2)

the drive train, including:

(a)

whether the transmission type is automatic or manual and, if manual, the number of forward speeds;

(b)

auxiliary transmission, if any, and number of forward speeds; and

(c)

rear axle designation, whether single speed, two speed, or three speed;

(3)

the type of brake system;

(4)

the steering, whether manual or power assisted;

(5)

a description of type of trailers, such as van, flatbed, cargo tank, drop frame, lowboy, or pole;

(6)

the number of semitrailers or full trailers to be towed at one time; and

(7)

a description of any vehicle modification made for the driver applicant and a photograph of the modification;

E.

a certification that the driver is otherwise qualified, as follows:

(1)

certification by the coapplicant carrier that the driver applicant is otherwise qualified under part 8850.7100; and

(2)

in the case of a driver applicant, certification by the driver applicant that the applicant is otherwise qualified under part 8850.7100; and

F.

the signature of the applicant as follows:

(1)

the driver applicant's signature and date signed; and

(2)

if the application has a coapplicant, the carrier official's signature, the official's title, and the date signed. The official who signs the application must be a responsible official of the carrier.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 221.031; 221.141

History:

13 SR 38

Published Electronically:

October 8, 2007