Subpart 1.
Statutory
requirements.
An applicant for a motorcycle road guard certificate must meet
the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
171.60,
subdivision 2.
Subp. 2.
Review of driving record.
The commissioner shall review the driving record of an
applicant for a motorcycle road guard certificate upon initial
application.
A. An applicant who does
not have a Minnesota driver's license shall submit to the commissioner a
certified copy of the applicant's driving record from the United States state
where the applicant is licensed.
B.
An applicant whose Minnesota driving record dates back less than five years
from the date of the application must submit a certified copy of the
applicant's driving record from the previous jurisdiction in which the
applicant was licensed so that the commissioner can review five years of an
applicant's driving record.
C. The
commissioner shall accept and review a driving record with fewer than five
years in the case where an applicant's age, at the time of an applicant's
driver's license issuance, results in a driving record that contains fewer than
five years.
D. A certified copy of
a driving record submitted under this part must be dated no earlier than 30
days before the commissioner receives it.
Subp. 3.
Prior driving convictions,
violations, and incidents.
No applicant for a motorcycle road guard shall have:
A. more than two petty misdemeanor
convictions for any moving violation under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169, or
an equivalent violation from another state, for 24 months preceding the date of
application;
B. any qualified prior
impaired driving incident, or an equivalent violation from another state, for
five years preceding the date of application;
C. any conviction under Minnesota Statutes,
section
169.13,
or an equivalent violation from another state, for five years preceding the
date of application; and
D. any
conviction under Minnesota Statutes, section
609.21,
or an equivalent violation from another state.
Subp. 4.
Hearing.
An applicant must be able to speak and hear well enough to
conduct a normal verbal conversation with another person at a distance of five
feet, with or without a hearing aid.
Subp. 5.
Vision.
An applicant must be able to meet the vision requirements to
obtain an unrestricted class D license, except that the restriction of
corrective lenses enabling the applicant to meet the vision requirement is an
acceptable restriction.
Subp.
6.
Vehicle insurance coverage.
An applicant must maintain vehicle insurance coverage pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, section
169.791.
Subp. 7.
Continuing
requirements.
A. Once certified, a
motorcycle road guard must:
(1) remain in
compliance with subparts
1 to
6;
(2) authorize the commissioner to annually
review the motorcycle road guard's driving record; and
(3) submit a certified copy of the motorcycle
road guard's driving record to the commissioner one year after the date of
initial certification if the motorcycle road guard is not a Minnesota
resident.
B. Any
physical or mental disability of a motorcycle road guard that interferes with
the safe operation of a motor vehicle under Minnesota Statutes, section
171.04
or
171.13, is governed
under parts
7410.2100 to
7410.3000.
