Federal and State laws regulate the operation of certain special purpose vehicles by University employees for University business. Among these is a federal requirement for drug screening applicable to employees who drive certain "commercial motor vehicles." Accordingly, no University employee may operate a vehicle having any one or more of the following characteristics to carry out University business without prior approval from the Office of the General Counsel:

• Vehicles designed to transport 16 or more persons including the driver;
• Vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of 26,001 or more pounds; or
• Vehicles of any size used to transport hazardous wastes.

(Initially approved October 30, 1995.)