South Carolina § 56-1-2060 - Employer's responsibilities.

§ 56-1-2060. Employer's responsibilities.

(A) Each employer shall require the information specified in Section 56-1-2050(C).

(B) An employer knowingly may not allow, permit, or authorize a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle during a period in which:

(1) the person's commercial driver's license is suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state, has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state, is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or is subject to an out-of-service order in a state;

(2) the person has more than one driver's license, except during the ten- day period beginning on the date the employee is issued a driver's license;

(3) an employer who knowingly allows, permits, or authorizes a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle during a period in which either the vehicle or the person is subject to an out-of-service order is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than eleven thousand dollars; or

(4) the employer is in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.

(C) An employer who is convicted of a violation of 49 CFR 383.37(d) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars.

HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, SECTION 2; 1998 Act No. 258, SECTION 19; 2005 Act No. 42, SECTION 5, eff May 3, 2005.