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49 CFR § 391.61 - Drivers who were regularly employed before January 1, 1971.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s391.61"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 391.61 - Drivers who were regularly employed before January 1, 1971."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "391.61"
section_name: "Drivers who were regularly employed before January 1, 1971."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "391"
part_name: "QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) DRIVER INSTRUCTORS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 504, 508, 31133, 31136, 31149, 31502; sec. 4007(b), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2152; sec. 114, Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1677; sec. 215, Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1767; sec. 32934, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; secs. 5403 and 5524, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1548, 1560; sec. 2, Pub. L. 115-105, 131 Stat. 2263; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "391"
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# 391.61 Drivers who were regularly employed before January 1, 1971.

The provisions of §§ 391.21 (relating to applications for employment), 391.23 (relating to investigations and inquiries), and 391.31 (relating to road tests) do not apply to a driver who has been a single-employer driver (as defined in § 390.5 of this subchapter) of a motor carrier for a continuous period which began before January 1, 1971, as long as he/she continues to be a single-employer driver of that motor carrier.

[86 FR 57076, Oct. 14, 2021]