61-5-221. Authority to revoke or remove hazardous materials endorsement. (1) If the transportation security administration of the department of homeland security informs the department that a person does not meet the standards for the security threat assessment provided in 49 CFR, part 1572, the department shall revoke the person's hazardous materials endorsement to a commercial driver's license. Revocation of the hazardous materials endorsement results in immediate withdrawal of the person's authority to transport hazardous materials, as defined in 61-8-801, in commerce, but does not otherwise affect the person's commercial driver's license or any unrelated endorsements.
     (2) A person whose hazardous materials endorsement has been revoked or removed under this section shall surrender the person's commercial driver's license to the department and apply for a replacement license, as provided in 61-5-114, that does not include the hazardous materials endorsement.
     (3) Upon surrender of a hazardous materials endorsement by a person who is disqualified from holding a hazardous materials endorsement under 49 CFR, part 1572, the department shall note the removal of the hazardous materials endorsement on its records and on the commercial driver's license information system.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 428, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 428, L. 2005.