Who develops the OOS Criteria?

The out-of-service criteria for drivers and CMVs used to be managed by former Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, which was a part of the former Interstate Commerce Commission. It developed the first out-of-service criteria in carrying out its inspection function.

The Out-of-Service Criteria is now developed and maintained by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). Each year committees of the CVSA consider and recommend modifications to the Out-of-Service Criteria, which are accepted or rejected by a vote of the CVSA member jurisdictions. The Out-of-Service Criteria currently are not part of the FMCSRs.