RCW 46.25.030
Duties of driver—Notice to department and employer.
(1)(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state who is convicted of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, other than parking violations, shall notify the department in the manner specified by rule of the department within thirty days of the date of conviction.
(b) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state who is convicted of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this or any other state or federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, other than parking violations, shall notify his or her employer in writing of the conviction within thirty days of the date of conviction.
(c) The notification requirements contained in (a) and (b) of this subsection as they relate to the federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada become effective only when the federal law or federal rules are changed to require the notification or a bilateral or multilateral agreement is entered into between the state of Washington and any Canadian province implementing essentially the same standards of regulation and penalties of all parties as encompassed in this chapter.
(2) A driver whose driver's license is suspended, revoked, or canceled by a state, who loses the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for any period, shall notify his or her employer of that fact before the end of the business day following the day the driver received notice of that fact.
(3) A person who applies to be a commercial motor vehicle driver shall provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the following information for the ten 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.
The applicant shall certify that all information furnished is true and complete. An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information.
[ 1989 c 178 § 5.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.25 - Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
46.25.005 - Purpose—Construction.
46.25.010 - Definitions (as amended by 2019 c 44).
46.25.020 - One license limit.
46.25.030 - Duties of driver—Notice to department and employer.
46.25.040 - Duties of employer.
46.25.050 - Commercial driver's license required—Exceptions, restrictions, reciprocity.
46.25.055 - Medical examination and certification—Required—Exception.
46.25.057 - Medical certificate—Failure to carry—Penalty.
46.25.060 - Knowledge and skills examination, exemptions, fee distribution.
46.25.070 - Application—Change of address, name—Residency—Hazardous materials endorsement.
46.25.075 - Certification—Recordkeeping and administration—Downgrade.
46.25.080 - License contents, classifications, endorsements, restrictions.
46.25.082 - Driving record information.
46.25.085 - Hazardous materials endorsement.
46.25.088 - Expiration—Renewal.
46.25.090 - Disqualification—Grounds for, period of—Records.
46.25.100 - Restoration after disqualification—Requalification fee, fee distribution.
46.25.110 - Driving with alcohol or THC in system.
46.25.123 - Mandatory reporting of positive test.
46.25.125 - Disqualification for positive test—Procedure.
46.25.130 - Report of violation, disqualification by nonresident.
46.25.150 - Agreements to carry out chapter.
46.25.160 - Licenses issued by other jurisdictions.