Notification required by driver. — Delaware Code § 2605

§ 2605. Notification required by driver.

(a) Notification of convictions. — (1) To State. — Any driver holding a commercial driver license issued by this State, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in this or any other state, other than parking violations, shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles in the manner specified by the Division of Motor Vehicles within 30 days of the date of conviction.

(2) To Employers. — Any driver holding a commercial driver license issued by this State, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this or any other state, other than parking violations, must notify the person’s employer in writing of the conviction within 30 days of the date of conviction.

(b) Notification of suspensions, revocations and cancellations. — Each driver whose driver license is suspended, revoked, or canceled by any state, or who loses the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state, for any period, including being disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or who has been issued an out of service order, must notify the person’s employer of that fact before the end of the business day following the day the driver received notice of that fact.

(c) Notification of previous employment. — (1) Each person who applies to be a commercial motor vehicle driver must provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the following information for the 10 years preceding the date of application:

a. A list of the names and addresses of the applicant’s previous employers for which the applicant was a driver of a commercial motor vehicle;

b. The dates between which the applicant drove for each employer; and

c. The reason for leaving that employer.

(2) The applicant must certify that all information furnished is true and complete.

(3) An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information to substantiate the statements made in conjunction with this section.

(4) Before an application is submitted, the employer should inform the applicant that the information the applicant provides in accordance with this section may be used, and the applicant’s previous employers may be contacted for the purpose of investigating the applicant’s work history.

67 Del. Laws, c. 157, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;