---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 383.35"
title: "49"
number: "383.35"
heading: "Notification of previous employment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/383.35"
---

# §383.35. Notification of previous employment.

- (a) Any person applying for employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide at the time of application for employment, the information specified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) All employers shall request the information specified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section from all persons applying for employment as a commercial motor vehicle operator. The request shall be made at the time of application for employment.
- (c) The following employment history information for the 10 years preceding the date the application is submitted shall be presented to the prospective employer by the applicant:
  - (1) A list of the names and addresses of the applicant's previous employers for which the applicant was an operator of a commercial motor vehicle;
  - (2) The dates the applicant was employed by these employers; and
  - (3) **The reason for leaving such employment.**
- (d) The applicant shall certify that all information furnished is true and complete.
- (e) An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information.
- (f) Before an application is submitted, the employer shall inform the applicant that the information he/she provides in accordance with [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section may be used, and the applicant's previous employers may be contacted for the purpose of investigating the applicant's work history.

## Notes

### 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.