---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 380.303"
title: "49"
number: "380.303"
heading: "Substitute for instructor requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/380.303"
---

# §380.303. Substitute for instructor requirements.

- (a) **Classroom instructor.** The requirements specified under [§ 380.301(a)](/cfr/49/380.301.md?p=a) of this part for a qualified LCV driver-instructor are waived for a classroom instructor-candidate who has 2 years of recent satisfactory experience teaching the classroom portion of a program similar in content to that set forth in Appendix F to this part.
- (b) **Skills instructor.** The requirements specified under [§ 380.301(b)](/cfr/49/380.301.md?p=b) of this part for a qualified LCV driver-instructor are waived for a skills instructor-candidate who:
  - (1) Meets the conditions of [§ 380.111(b)](/cfr/49/380.111.md?p=b);
  - (2) Has CMV driving experience during the previous 2 years in a vehicle representative of the type of LCV that is the subject of the training course to be provided;
  - (3) Has experience during the previous 2 years in teaching the operation of the type of LCV that is the subject of the training course to be provided; and
  - (4) If employed by a training institution, meets all State requirements for a vocational instructor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 16732, Mar. 30, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 22874, May 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31133, 31136, 31305, 31307, 31308, 31502; sec. 4007(a) and (b), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2151-2152; sec. 32304, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 791; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 16732, Mar. 30, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 16732, Mar. 30, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 22874, May 17, 2018]