Section 34501.16 Of Division 14.8. Safety Regulations From California Vehicle Code >> Division 14.8.
34501.16
. (a) Every employer of a commercial driver shall provide
information to that employee at the time of hiring and to all
employed commercial drivers annually, concerning all of the
following:
(1) The prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle
with over 0.04 percent or more, by weight, alcohol in his or her
blood on and after January 1, 1992.
(2) The requirement to be placed out of service for 24 hours if
the person's blood-alcohol concentration is tested to be 0.01 percent
or more, by weight, on and after January 1, 1992.
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall include the information
prescribed in subdivision (a), together with information concerning
the alcohol concentration in a person's blood resulting from
consumption of alcoholic beverages, in each publication of the
commercial driver's handbook published after January 1, 1990.
(c) This section shall remain operative until the director
determines that federal regulations adopted pursuant to the
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et
seq.) do not require the state to implement the prohibitions and
requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).
(d) The director shall submit a notice of the determination under
subdivision (c) to the Secretary of State, and this section shall be
repealed upon the receipt of that notice.