A. The Department will accept a skills test certificate issued in accordance with this section as satisfaction of the skills test component of the commercial driver's license examination.
B. Skills test certificates may be issued only to drivers who are employees of the third party tester who issues the certificate, except as otherwise provided herein. In the case of school boards certified as third party testers, certificates may be issued to employees and to other drivers who have been trained by the school board in accordance with the Virginia School Bus Driver Training Curriculum Guide. For comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System that are certified as third party testers, certificates may be issued to students who are enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by such community college at the time of the test.
C. Skills test certificates may be issued only to drivers who have passed the skills test conducted in accordance with this chapter and the instructions issued by the Department.
D. A skills test certificate will be accepted by the Department only if it is:
1. Issued by a third party tester certified by the Department in accordance with this article;
2. In a format prescribed by the Department, completed in its entirety, without alteration;
3. Submitted to the Department within 60 days of the date of the skills test; and
4. Signed by the third party examiner who conducted the skills test.
2013, cc. 165, 582; 2016, c. 429.