North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Handbook and Pictorial Edition - 2025 Edition, Spiral Bound

Alert: Effective June 25, 2025, drivers will be placed out of service if they "cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to communicate with the safety official to respond to official inquiries and directions in accordance with FMCSA enforcement guidance." The CVSA made this emergency addition in response to a presidential Executive Order issued April 28, 2025.

• Identifies Critical Vehicle Inspection Items following a roadside inspection
• Details criteria that can prohibit a motor carrier or operator from driving or operating a commercial motor vehicle for a specified period of time or until the condition is corrected
• Includes a full set of CVSA Inspection Schematics:
  • North American Standard Level I Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Level I Passenger Vehicle Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Hazardous Materials/Transportation of Dangerous Goods Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Cargo Tank and Other Bulk Packaging's Inspection Procedure
  • Mexican CDL: Licencia Federal de Conductor
  • ABS Inspection Procedure: Canadian Field Reference
  • ABS Inspection Procedure: U.S. Field Reference
  • North American Standard Inspection Procedure for Performance-Based Brake Testing
• 2025 edition is effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026

2025 Updates

Key changes contained in the April 1, 2025 edition of CVSA's North American Standard Out of Service Criteria Handbook:

1. A driver supervising a driver with a commercial learner’s permit (CLP) must be fully qualified to operate the CDL-required vehicle the CLP holder is driving (if not, the CLP driver cannot continue to drive).
2. All drivers without a valid medical certificate when required will be placed out of service (this removes a previous exception in the OOSC).
3. A vehicle with an air hose that is marked as another type of hose (such as a fuel or hydraulic hose) will be placed out of service.
4. A cracked, broken, or missing U-bolt plate is now an out-of-service condition.
5. A sidewall leak will result in a tire will result in an out-of-service order, even if the vehicle is equipped with an automatic tire inflation system that is keeping up with the leak.