(A) The provisions of 49 CFR 391.21 relating to applications for employment, 49 CFR 391.23 relating to investigations and inquiries, 40 CFR 391.31 relating to road tests, and 49 CFR 391.35 relating to written examinations, do not apply to a driver who has been a regularly employed driver of an intrastate motor carrier of passengers for a continuous period since March 3, 1991, as long as he or she continued to be a regularly employed driver of that motor carrier. Such a driver is qualified to drive a bus if he or she fulfills the requirements of § 70.36(B)(1) through (10) relating to qualifications of drivers.
(B) The provisions of this chapter pertaining to an intrastate driver's medical qualifications do not apply to a bus driver who:
(1) Has been a regularly employed driver of the motor carrier for a continuous period since March 3, 1991.
(2) Has continued to be a regularly employed driver of that motor carrier.
(4) Has made application to the motor carrier division of the Department of State Police claiming grandfathering rights.
(5) Has received a waiver of medical qualification from the Motor Carrier Division of the Department of State Police. The medical waiver-grandfather rights card, Motor Carrier Division form number MC-22, shall be carried at all times on the person of the driver while he or she is operating a motor vehicle under the applicability of these rules. The original medical waiver grandfather rights, Motor Carrier Division form MC-25, will be retained in the driver qualification file in accordance with the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963, Public Act 181 of 1963, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 480.11 through 480.19.
(Ord. 98-003, passed 1-5-98)