Persons not eligible for licensing – Exception for temporary licenses

(a) The department shall not issue any license under this chapter: Ask a traffic law question, get an answer ASAP!Thousands of highly rated, verified traffic lawyers. Parking violations, accidents, DUI/DWI, licensing, registration, and more Protect your vehicle and your rights with expert legal help now (A) Trade, traffic, and transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Commissioner: means the commissioner of safety. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.Conviction: means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Department: means the department of safety acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Lawful permanent resident: means the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Motor vehicle: means a vehicle, low speed vehicle or medium speed vehicle as defined in this section, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power used on highways or any other vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state, but does not include any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer operated exclusively on a rail. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Operator: means every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102State: means :(A) For the purposes of commercial driver licenses, a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102United States: means the fifty (50) states and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102(1) (A) To any person, as a Class A, B, or C driver, who is under twenty-one (21) years of age; (B) (i) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1)(A), persons nineteen (19) years of age shall be permitted to apply for a Class A or B license if no special endorsements are required, the commercial vehicle will be operated solely in intrastate commerce, within one hundred (100) miles of the driver’s place of employment or home terminal, and there has been compliance with all other current provisions of 49 CFR Parts 383 and 391; and (ii) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1)(A), persons eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to apply for a Class B license if no special endorsements are required, the commercial vehicle will be operated solely in intrastate commerce, within one hundred (100) miles of the driver’s place of employment or home terminal, and there has been compliance with all other current provisions of 49 CFR Parts 383 and 391; (2) To any person whose license has been suspended, cancelled or revoked, during suspension, cancellation or revocation and not until the person has complied with all requirements for reinstatement; (3) To any person who is an habitual drunkard, or is addicted to the use of narcotic drugs; (4) To any person who has previously been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from any mental disability or disease and who has not at the time of application been restored to competency by the methods provided by law; (5) To any person who is required by this chapter to take an examination, unless the person has su