<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=61:25:04:05"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000000">61:25:04:05</span></a><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000001">.  Requirements for third-party testers.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> To be licensed, a third-party tester </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">must</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (1)  Apply to the department</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=61:25:04:08"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003">61:25:04:08</span></a><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> and enter into an agreement with the department;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (2)  Maintain a place of business with at least one permanent regularly occupied structure in this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (3)  Direct or control at least one qualified third-party examiner approved by the department. A third-party tester may also be a third-party examiner;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">4</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Allow </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">, its representatives, and the department to conduct random examinations, inspections, and audits without prior notice;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">5</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Allow the department to conduct annual on-site inspections;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">6</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Maintain for two years the completed commercial driver licensing skills test scoring sheet of each driver for whom the third-party tester conducts a skills test, whether or not the driver passes or fails the test at an approved location within the state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">7</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Maintain a record of each third-party examiner under the direction or control of the third-party tester at an approved location and retain the record for at least two years after the third-party examiner leaves the direction or control of the third-party tester;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">8</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Ensure that the skill tests are conducted in accordance with the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=61:25:04:18"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003">61:25:04:18</span></a><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">9</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Enter each test score into the Commercial Skills Test Information Management System;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (1</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">0</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Meet all requirements of state law, federal law, and local ordinances; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    (1</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">1</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">)  Send a copy of testing records to the department by the </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">fifteenth</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> day of each month.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> 16 SDR 88, effective November 16, 1989; 25 SDR 34, effective September 15, 1998; 33 SDR 108, effective December 27, 2006; 40 SDR 39, effective September 9, 2013; SL 2015, ch 168, § 48, effective July 1,2015</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">; 50 SDR 47, effective October 16, 2023</span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-12A-48"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003">32-12A-48</span></a><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">    </span><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-12A-11"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003">32-12A-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-12A-49"><span class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceC0-000003">32-12A-49</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s13cb837b-118b-4208-a130-27b46576c1ce000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>