The following provisions in Executive Order No. 36, as amended or extended by
Executive Order Nos. SO, 55, or 59, and a modified or supplemented herein, are hereby extended merely
to acknowledge the revised deadlines necessitated by the COVID-19 emergency:
23. Driver licenses and photo IDs are extended until November 15, 2020.
23.6 Commercial driver licenses with medical cards are extended. Consistent with the
September 18, 2020, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration waiver, the
provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-413, are hereby
suspended, as follows, to the extent necessary to delay the cancellation of a Class
A, B, or C driver license with a medical card issued for more than ninety (90) days.
Class A, B, and C driver license holders whose medical cards were set to expire
between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2020, will have until October 31, 2020, to
submit a new medical card to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to
avoid cancellation. Class A, B, and C driver license holders whose medical cards
were set to expire between June 1, 2020, and December 30, 2020 will have until
December 31, 2020, to submit a new medical card to the Department of Safety and
Homeland Security to avoid cancellation. Renewal requirements shall return to
their original schedule in subsequent years. Any Class A, B, or C driver license
that was downgraded between July 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020, shall be converted
back to the previous license class if the sole reason for the downgrade was the
expiration of Executive Order No. 36. Drivers who, since their last medical
certificate was issued, have been diagnosed with a medical condition that would
disqualify the driver from operating in interstate commerce, or who, since their last
medical certificate was issued, have developed a condition that requires an
exemption or Skill Performance Evaluation from FMCSA are not covered under
the suspension in this paragraph.
23.7 CDL Expiration Extension. Consistent with the September 18, 2020, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration waiver, the provisions of Tennessee Code
Annotated, Sections 55-50-311, 55-50-336, and 55-50-337, are hereby suspended
to the extent necessary to delay the expiration of all valid Class A, B, C, PA, PB,
and PC driver licenses that are set to expire between March 12, 2020, and October
30, 2020. Class A, B, C, PA, PB, and PC licenses shall instead expire on October
31, 2020. Any Class A, B, C, PA, PB, or PC driver license that was downgraded
between July 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020, shall be converted back to the previous
license class if the sole reason for the downgrade was the expiration of Executive
Order No. 36.
