Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-6-110v3

A. 1. Service Oklahoma shall establish procedures to ensure

every applicant for an original Class A, B, C or D license and for

any endorsements thereon is examined by Service Oklahoma, or an

approved written examination proctor, except as otherwise provided

in Section 6-101 et seq. of this title or as provided in paragraph 2

of this subsection or in subsections D and E of this section.

Service Oklahoma is authorized to approve and enter into agreements

with local school districts, the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education, or institutions of higher education to act as

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approved written examination proctors with regard to any written

examination required by this section. The examination shall include

a test of the applicant’s:

a. eyesight,

b. ability to read and understand highway signs

regulating, warning and directing traffic,

c. knowledge of the traffic laws of this state including

a portion on bicycle and motorcycle safety, and

d. ability, by actual demonstration, to exercise ordinary

and reasonable control in the operation of a motor

vehicle. The actual demonstration shall be conducted

in the type of motor vehicle for the class of driver

license being applied for.

The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service

Oklahoma, may create a knowledge test that may be taken on the

Internet by an applicant applying for a Class D license.

Any licensee seeking to apply for a driver license of another class

which is not covered by the licensee’s current driver license shall

be considered an applicant for an original license for that class.

2. Service Oklahoma shall have the authority to waive the

requirement of any part of the examination required in paragraph 1

of this subsection for those applicants whose driving record meets

the standards set by the Department of Public Safety and surrender

either of the following:

a. a valid unexpired driver license issued by any state

or country for the same type or types of vehicles, or

b. an expired driver license that:

(1) is not expired more than six (6) months past the

expiration date listed on the driver license, and

(2) is not a Class A, B or C commercial driver

license or commercial driver license permit.

3. Service Oklahoma shall accept skills test results from

another state for Class A, B or C license applicants who have

successfully completed commercial motor vehicle driver training in

that state and successfully passed the skills test in that state;

provided, Service Oklahoma shall not accept skills test results from

another state when the applicant has not successfully completed

commercial motor vehicle driver training in that state. Nothing in

this section shall be construed to prohibit Service Oklahoma from

administering the skills test to any applicant who has successfully

completed commercial vehicle driver training in another state.

4. All applicants requiring a hazardous materials endorsement

shall be required, for the renewal of the endorsement, to

successfully complete the examination and to submit to a security

threat assessment performed by the Transportation Security

Administration of the Department of Homeland Security as required by

and pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Part 1572, which shall be used to

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determine whether the applicant is eligible for renewal of the

endorsement pursuant to federal law and regulation.

5. Service Oklahoma, or an approved written examination

proctor, shall give the complete examination as provided for in this

section within thirty (30) days from the date the application is

received, and the examination shall be given at a location within

one hundred (100) miles of the residence of the applicant. Service

Oklahoma shall make every effort to make the examination locations

and times convenient for applicants. Service Oklahoma shall
proctor, shall give the complete examination as provided for in this

section within thirty (30) days from the date the application is

received, and the examination shall be given at a location within

one hundred (100) miles of the residence of the applicant. Service

Oklahoma shall make every effort to make the examination locations

and times convenient for applicants. Service Oklahoma shall

consider giving the examination at various school sites if the

district board of education for the district in which the site is

located agrees and if economically feasible and practicable.

B. Any person holding a valid Oklahoma Class D license or

provisional driver license pursuant to Section 6-212 of this title

and applying for a Class A, B or C commercial license shall be

required to successfully complete all examinations as required for

the specified class. Failure to submit to Service Oklahoma

federally required medical certification information pursuant to 49

C.F.R., Part 391.41 et seq. shall result in an automatic downgrade

of a commercial license to a Class D license. Provided, however,

once the required medical certification information has been

received by Service Oklahoma, the license shall be reinstated to the

classification of the commercial license prior to the downgrade and

the holder of such a license shall not be required to reapply.

C. Except as provided in subsection E of Section 6-101 of this

title, any person holding a valid Oklahoma Class A, B or C

commercial license shall, upon time for renewal thereof, be entitled

to a Class D license without any type of testing or examination,

except for any endorsements thereon as otherwise provided for by

Section 6-110.1 of this title.

D. 1. Any certified driver education instructor who is

currently an operator or an employee of a commercial driver training

school in this state, any driver education instructor employed by

any school district in this state, or any licensed operator or an

employee of a licensed operator shall be eligible to apply to be a

designated examiner of Service Oklahoma for the purposes of

administering the Class D driving skills portion of the Oklahoma

driving examination to any person who has been issued a learner

permit.

2. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service

Oklahoma, shall adopt a curriculum of required courses and training

to be offered to applicants who are qualified to apply to be a

designated examiner. The courses and training for certification

shall meet the same standards as required for driver examiners of

Service Oklahoma.

3. Each person applying to be a designated examiner shall be

required to pay an initial designated examiner certification fee of

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One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Upon successful completion of

training prescribed by paragraph 2 of this subsection, the person

shall be required to pay an annual designated examiner certification

fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). If an applicant for the

designated examiner program is employed by an Oklahoma public school

system that offers driver education, and he or she administers the

skills test only to students enrolled in a public school driver

education program, the certification fee may be waived by Service

Oklahoma. Each designated examiner certification shall expire on

the last day of the calendar year and may be renewed upon

application to Service Oklahoma. The designated examiner

certification fees collected by Service Oklahoma pursuant to this

subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of

Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund to be used for the purposes

of this subsection, through October 31, 2022. Beginning November 1,

2022, the designated examiner certification fees collected by

Service Oklahoma pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to

the credit of the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund. No designated
subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of

Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund to be used for the purposes

of this subsection, through October 31, 2022. Beginning November 1,

2022, the designated examiner certification fees collected by

Service Oklahoma pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to

the credit of the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund. No designated

examiner certification fee shall be refunded in the event that

certification is denied, suspended or revoked.

4. A designated examiner may charge a fee for each Class D

driving skills examination given, whether the person being examined

passes or fails the examination.

5. Service Oklahoma shall require each designated examiner and

driver education instructor applicant to submit to an electronic

national criminal history record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The fees for the record check

shall be borne by the designated examiner, designated examiner

applicant, driver education instructor, or driver education

instructor applicant.

6. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service

Oklahoma, shall promulgate rules to implement and administer the

provisions of this subsection.

E. 1. Upon application and approval of Service Oklahoma, any

public or private commercial truck driving school that has or

maintains a program instructing students for a Class A, B or C

license, public transit agency or state, county or municipal

government agency in this state shall be authorized to hire or

employ designated examiners approved by Service Oklahoma to be

third-party examiners of the Class A, B or C driving skills portion

of the Oklahoma driving examination. All designated examiners must

successfully have completed the courses and training as outlined in

paragraph 2 of this subsection. Service Oklahoma shall be required

to approve at least one public transit agency that has or maintains

a program instructing students for a Class A, B or C license to hire

or employ third-party examiners pursuant to this section. It shall

be permissible for any public transit agency operating in the State

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of Oklahoma to utilize the third-party examiners hired or employed

by a public transit agency approved by Service Oklahoma.

2. The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with Service

Oklahoma, shall adopt a curriculum of required courses and training

to be offered to third-party examiners. The courses and training

for certification shall meet the same standards as required for

commercial driver examiners of Service Oklahoma.

3. Service Oklahoma shall require each third-party examiner

applicant and commercial school driver education instructor

applicant to submit to an electronic national criminal history

record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. On or before December 1, 2022, Service Oklahoma shall

require each third-party examiner or commercial school driver

education instructor to submit to an electronic national criminal

history record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The fees for the background check shall be borne

by the third-party examiner, third-party examiner applicant,

commercial school driver education instructor or commercial school

driver education instructor applicant.

F. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules to:

1. Implement and administer the provisions of this section

based on requirements set forth in Section 383.75 of Title 49 of the

Code of Federal Regulations;

2. Establish a process to inform any school, public transit

agency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency,

who has been denied, within forty-five (45) days from the denial;

3. Create an appeal process for any school, public transit

agency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency

denied; and
Section 383.75 of Title 49 of the

Code of Federal Regulations;

2. Establish a process to inform any school, public transit

agency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency,

who has been denied, within forty-five (45) days from the denial;

3. Create an appeal process for any school, public transit

agency, examiner, or state, county or municipal government agency

denied; and

4. If the initial application for approval was denied, limit

the number of times an individual school, public transit agency,

individual examiner applicant, or state, county or municipal

government agency may reapply in a calendar year to two

reapplications.