---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 384.216"
title: "49"
number: "384.216"
heading: "Second offenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/384.216"
---

# §384.216. Second offenses.

- (a) **General rule.** The State must disqualify for life 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 subsequent offense as described in Table 1 to [§ 383.51](/cfr/49/383.51.md) of this subchapter.
- (b) **Special rule for certain lifetime disqualifications.** A driver disqualified for life under Table 1 to [§ 383.51](/cfr/49/383.51.md) may be reinstated after 10 years by the driver's State of residence if the requirements of [§ 383.51(a)(6)](/cfr/49/383.51.md?p=a-6) have been met.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 49762, July 31, 2002; 78 FR 58480, Sept. 24, 2013]

### 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

[67 FR 49762, July 31, 2002; 78 FR 58480, Sept. 24, 2013]