§ 71.52  EMPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
   (A)   Each employer shall require every applicant for employment as a driver of a commercial vehicle to provide the applicant’s employment history for the 10 years preceding the date the employment application is submitted to the prospective employer. The following information shall be submitted:
      (1)   A list of the names and addresses of the applicant’s previous employers for which the applicant was the operator of a commercial motor vehicle;
      (2)   The dates the applicant was employed by these employers;
      (3)   The reason for leaving each of these employers.
   (B)   No employer shall knowingly permit or authorize any driver employed by the employer to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which any of the following apply:
      (1)   The driver’s commercial driver’s license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state or a foreign jurisdiction;
      (2)   The driver has lost the privilege to drive, or currently is disqualified from driving, a commercial motor vehicle in any state or foreign jurisdiction;
      (3)   The driver, the commercial motor vehicle the driver is driving, or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order in any state or a foreign jurisdiction;
      (4)   The driver has more than one driver’s license.
   (C)   No employer shall knowingly permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of R.C. § 4506.15.
   (D)   Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   (E)   Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 4506.20)  (Rev. 2006)