---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 384.215"
title: "49"
number: "384.215"
heading: "First offenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/384.215"
---

# §384.215. First offenses.

- (a) **General rule.** The State must disqualify from operating a CMV each person who is convicted, as defined in [§ 383.5](/cfr/49/383.5.md) of this subchapter, in any State or jurisdiction, of a disqualifying offense specified in [items (1) through (8)](#a-1..a-8) of Table 1 to [§ 383.51](/cfr/49/383.51.md) of this subchapter, for no less than one year.
- (b) **Special rule for hazardous materials offenses.** If the offense under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section occurred while the driver was operating a vehicle transporting hazardous materials as defined in [§ 383.5](/cfr/49/383.5.md), the State shall disqualify the person for no less than three years.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 26039, May 18, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 49762, July 31, 2002; 77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31136, 31301, et seq., and 31502; secs. 103 and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1753, 1767; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5524 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 26039, May 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 26039, May 18, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 49762, July 31, 2002; 77 FR 59825, Oct. 1, 2012]