39:3-10.21. Administration of examinations.

The director may, by contract, by appointment as a motor vehicle agent, or by licensing, authorize any necessary persons, including but not limited to an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver training facility or other private institution, or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the knowledge or skills tests for a commercial driver license or endorsement. The director shall adopt such regulations as deemed necessary to establish, oversee and regulate the administration of commercial motor vehicle driver testing by third parties including establishment of maximum fees that may be charged. The maximum fee for a skills test administered by a third party shall be set at an amount equal tot he cost to the State for administering such testing.
The director may limit the number of persons licensed to administer examinations and may suspend or revoke an authorization on any reasonable ground. The director may terminate third party testing at any time. A person authorized to administer examinations by appointment as a motor vehicle agent shall so act until this authority is revoked by the director.
An examiner administering a skills test shall not be held accountable for any violation of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes committed by the person being tested.