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The Hire Road * USA - Some crimes prevent hazmat endorsements
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services, by DEREK HINTON -23 Sept 2008: -- The following information answers this question and is direct from the Transportation Security Agency... Please note: Any Hazmat truck driver who has a disqualifying offense that prohibits holding a Hazardous Materials Endorsement (HME) must immediately surrender the HME to the state Department of Motor Vehicles... The following list was specifically designed to identify disqualifying crimes that pose a potential threat to the nation's transportation network. The list is comparable to assessment standards applied to millions of airport and airline employees... These crimes are only disqualifying if they are considered felonies in the appropriate jurisdiction, civilian or military... An applicant is disqualified from holding an HME if he or she was convicted* or found not guilty by reason of insanity within the past seven years, was released from prison within the past five years, or is wanted or under indictment, for any of the following crimes: ... ... ... (At the conclusion of the series, the most common question was “exactly what crimes will prevent me from obtaining a hazmat endorsement on my CDL and what crimes will cause the endorsement to be rescinded”)
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