---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 384.217"
title: "49"
number: "384.217"
heading: "Drug offenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/384.217"
---

# §384.217. Drug offenses.


The State must disqualify from operating a CMV for life any person who is convicted, as defined in [§ 383.5](/cfr/49/383.5.md) of this subchapter, in any State or jurisdiction of a first offense of using a CMV (or, in the case of a CLP or CDL holder, a CMV or a non-CMV) in the commission of a felony described in item (9) of Table 1 to [§ 383.51](/cfr/49/383.51.md) of this subchapter. The State shall not apply the special rule in [§ 384.216(b)](/cfr/49/384.216.md?p=b) to lifetime disqualifications imposed for controlled substance felonies as detailed in item (9) of Table 1 to [§ 383.51](/cfr/49/383.51.md) of this subchapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 26895, May 9, 2011]

### 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

[76 FR 26895, May 9, 2011]