---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 383.117"
title: "49"
number: "383.117"
heading: "Requirements for passenger endorsement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/383.117"
---

# §383.117. Requirements for passenger endorsement.


An applicant for the passenger endorsement must satisfy both of the following additional knowledge and skills test requirements.

- (a) **Knowledge test.** All applicants for the passenger endorsement must have knowledge covering the following topics:
  - (1) Proper procedures for loading/unloading passengers;
  - (2) Proper use of emergency exits, including push-out windows;
  - (3) Proper responses to such emergency situations as fires and unruly passengers;
  - (4) Proper procedures at railroad-highway grade crossings and drawbridges;
  - (5) Proper braking procedures; and
  - (6) **Operating practices and procedures not otherwise specified.**
- (b) **Skills test.** To obtain a passenger endorsement applicable to a specific vehicle class, an applicant must take his/her skills test in a passenger vehicle satisfying the requirements of that vehicle group as defined in [§ 383.91](/cfr/49/383.91.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 26890, May 9, 2011]

### Source

Source: 53 FR 27654, July 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 521, 31136, 31301, et seq., and 31502; secs. 214 and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1766, 1767; sec. 1012(b) of Pub. L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272, 397, sec. 4140 of Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1746; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; secs. 5401 and 7208, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1546, 1593 (49 U.S.C. 31305(d)), sec. 23019 of Pub. L. 117-58, 135 Stat. 429, 777; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 20587, June 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 26890, May 9, 2011]