Section 40-5-145. Duties of employer

   (a) Each employer shall require every commercial motor vehicle driver applicant to provide the information specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-144.

(b) No employer may knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period:

   (1) In which the driver has a driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state; has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state; or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle;

   (2) In which the driver has more than one driver's license;

   (3) In which the driver, or the commercial motor vehicle that he or she is driving, or the motor carrier operation, is subject to an out of service order; or

   (4) In violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.

Code 1981, § 40-5-145, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 484, § 4.