2021 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 50 - Uniform Classified and Commercial Driver License Act
Part 3 - Application, Examination, and Issuance
§ 55-50-302. Classes of Licenses — Endorsements — Applicability to Temporary Licenses and Permits

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1. The department, upon issuing a driver license, shall indicate thereon the class of vehicles the licensee may drive. Licenses shall be issued with the classifications and endorsements as defined in § 55-50-102.
   
2. The department shall establish qualifications it believes reasonably necessary, in addition to the qualifications specified in this part, for the safe operation of the various types, sizes, or combinations of vehicles, and shall determine by appropriate examination whether each applicant is qualified for the license classification or endorsement for which application has been made.
   
3. The department shall not issue a license in Class A, B, or C or any of the endorsements specified in subsection (a) other than a for-hire endorsement unless the applicant meets the following qualifications in addition to all other applicable qualifications:
   
   
   1. The applicant must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
      
   2. The applicant must not currently be under a driver license suspension or revocation in this or any other state;
      
   3. The applicant must certify in the license application that all of the qualifications are met.
   
   
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      1. The applicant is at least twenty-five (25) years of age; or
         
      2. The applicant is at least twenty-three (23) years of age and:
         1. An honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces;
            
         2. A member of the national guard or a reserve component of the United States armed forces; or
            
         3. A licensed teacher employed by an LEA;
         
         
         1. A certified copy of the applicant's certificate of release or discharge from active duty, department of defense form 214 (DD 214), if the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces; or
            
         2. A letter recommending the applicant to operate a school bus, from:
            
            
            1. One (1) of the applicant's commanding officers, if the applicant is a member of the national guard or a reserve component of the United States armed forces; or
               
            2. The director of schools of the LEA that employs the applicant, if the applicant is a licensed teacher.
            
            
            1. The department shall not issue or renew a hazardous materials endorsement unless a determination of no security threat has been issued in conformance with 49 CFR Part 1572.
               
            2. The department shall revoke a current hazardous materials endorsement upon receipt of an initial or final determination of security threat in accordance with 49 CFR Part 1572.
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