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17. Operating and Driving Requirements The Chief Safety Officer is responsible for overall compliance with all operating and driving requirements of the SMS. It is the responsibility of every Senior Resource Association employee who performs driving and/or operational duties to strictly adhere to the following requirements: • Under no circumstances is a driver allowed to operate a vehicle without having the appropriate and valid driver's license in his or her possession. • Drivers are not permitted to drive a bus when his or her driver license has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked. A driver who receives a notice that his or her license to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked is required to notify his or her supervisor of the contents of the notice immediately, if possible, otherwise no later than the end of the business day following the day he or she received the notice. Violation of this policy may result in disciplinary actions including suspension or termination of employment. • Senior Resource Association management will annually check Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) for all drivers for investigating information on license suspensions, revocations, accidents, traffic violations, unpaid summons, etc. Senior Resource Association management will also check driver license status of each driver utilizing the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website - https://www6.hsmv.state.fl.us/DLCheck/main.j sp. • Buses must be.operated at all times in compliance with applicable traffic regulations, ordinances, and laws of the jurisdiction in which they are being operated. • Rule 14-90 defines"On Duty" and"Off Duty" status of drivers as follows - o "On Duty" means the status of the driver from the time he or she begins work, or is required to be in readiness to work,until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. "On Duty" includes all time spent by the driver as follows: • (a) Waiting to be dispatched at bus transit system terminals, facilities, or other private or public property, unless the driver has been completely relieved from duty by the bus transit system. • (b) Inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any vehicle. • (c)Driving. • (d)Remaining in readiness to operate a vehicle (stand-by). • (e) Repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance in or about a disabled vehicle. o "Off-Duty"means any time the driver is not on duty,required to be in readiness to work,or under any responsibility to perform work. Such time shall not be counted towards the maximum allowed on-duty hours within a 24-hour period. 137