(a) No person who holds a commercial driver’s license or commercial driver’s license temporary instruction permit or who operates a motor vehicle for which a commercial driver’s license or permit is required shall do any of the following:
(1) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having a measurable or detectable amount of alcohol or of a controlled substance in the person's blood, breath, or urine;
(2) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of 0.04% or more by whole blood or breath;
(3) Driver a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of .048% or more by blood serum or blood plasma;
(4) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of .056% or more by urine;
(5) Drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance;
(6) Drive a motor vehicle in violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or a municipal O.V.I. ordinance as defined in Ohio R.C. 4511.181;
(7) Use a vehicle in the commission of a felony;
(8) Refuse to submit to a test under Ohio R.C. 4506.17 or Ohio R.C. 4511.191, or any substantially similar municipal ordinance;
(9) Operate a commercial motor vehicle while the person’s commercial driver’s license or permit or other commercial driving privileges are revoked, suspended, cancelled or disqualified;
(10) Cause a fatality through the negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle, including but not limited to the offenses of aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter;
(11) Fail to stop after an accident in violation of Ohio R.C. 4549.02 to 4549.03, or any substantially similar municipal ordinance;
(12) Drive a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.61 to 4511.63 or any federal or local law or ordinance pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings;
(13) Use a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance as defined in Ohio R.C. 3719.01 or the possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance;
(14) Use a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a violation of Ohio R.C. 2905.32 or any other substantially equivalent offense established under federal law or the laws of another state.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(c) The offenses established under this section are strict liability offenses and Ohio R.C. 2901.20 does not apply. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
(ORC 4506.15)
Statutory reference:
Alcohol or controlled substance testing, disqualification of drivers, see Ohio R.C. 4506.17
Disqualification of drivers for violations, see Ohio R.C. 4506.16