(a) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year:

(1) If convicted of a first violation of:

(A) Any offense specified in Code Section 40-5-54 that occurs while the person is driving or being in actual physical control of a moving commercial motor vehicle; or

(B) Driving or being in actual physical control of a moving commercial motor vehicle while there is 0.04 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood, breath, or urine; or

(2) For refusal to submit to a test as prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-392 to determine the driver's alcohol concentration while driving a commercial motor vehicle.

(b) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than three years if convicted of a first violation of using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a felony or for offenses specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section, provided that the vehicle being operated or used in connection with such violation or commission of such felony is transporting a hazardous material required to be placarded under Section 105 of the Hazardous Material Transportation Act.

(c) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for life if convicted of two or more violations of any of the offenses specified in subsection (a) of Code Section 40-5-54 or Code Section 40-6-391 or 40-6-392, or any combination of those offenses, arising from two or more separate incidents.

(d) The department may issue regulations establishing guidelines, including conditions, under which a disqualification for life under subsection (c) of this Code section may be reduced to a period of not less than ten years.

(e) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for life who knowingly uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of any felony involving the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance.

(f) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than 60 days if convicted of two serious traffic violations or 120 days if convicted of three serious traffic violations committed in a commercial motor vehicle arising from separate incidents occurring within a three-year period as measured from the dates of arrests for which convictions were obtained.

(g)(1) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle based on the following violations of out-of-service orders: (A) First violation -- a driver who is convicted of a first violation of an out-of-service order is disqualified for a period of not less than 90 days and not more than one year;

(B) Second violation -- a driver who is convicted of two violations of out-of-service orders in separate incidents is disqualified for a period of not less than one year and not more than five years; and

(C) Third or subsequent violation -- a driver who is convicted of three or more violations of out-of-service orders in separate incidents is disqualified for a period of not less than three years and not more than five years.

(2) Whenever the operator of a commercial motor vehicle is issued an out-of-service order, a copy of such order shall be issued to the operator of the commercial motor vehicle, the operator of the commercial motor vehicle's employer, and a copy or notice of such out-of-service order shall be provided to the department. The form of such out-of-service order, the procedures for notifying the department upon the issuance of such an order, and other matters relative to the issuance of out-of-service orders and violations thereof shall be provided in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.

(h) After suspending, revoking, or canceling a commercial driver's license, the department shall update its records to reflect that action within ten days. After suspending, revoking, or canceling a nonresident commercial driver's privileges, the department shall notify the licensing authority of the state which issued the commercial driver's license within ten days.