Appendix D. Safety & Emissions Inspection 540 CMR 4.00 4.07: continued 1. Any commercial motor vehicle submitted for inspection that fails to meet the applicable Safety and Emissions inspection requirements shall be issued a Certificate of Rejection provided the safety defects are not identified and listed in the current North American Uniform Vehicle Out-of-service Criteria as being an out of service |condition or restricted service condition. 2. Upon inspecting a Commercial Motor Vehicle, if any item is found to not comply with 540 CMR 4.00, the inspector shall nevertheless complete the inspection of all other required items. The inspector shall provide a list of the items for which the vehicle is being rejected and advise the vehicle owner, custodian and/or operator of the violation(s) noted. Copies of all rejection slips shall be kept at the place of inspection and/or stored electronically for one year from the date of inspection. Copies of all such rejection slips or data shall be made available for inspection by the Registrar or any of his authorized personnel. The rejection slip shall contain the following information: a. Name of inspection station and station number. b. Date of inspection and signature of the inspector. c. Vehicle registration number, make, year and vehicle identification number. d. Reason for rejection 3. Out-of-service Commercial Motor Vehicle. If in the course of inspection of a Commercial Motor Vehicle or trailer, an inspector finds an unsafe vehicle that has a safety hazard as defined in the current North American Uniform Vehicle Out-of-service Criteria, said inspector shall issue the vehicle inspection report and affix the rejection sticker, " R " to the windshield and advise the motorist of the defects that were identified. The vehicle that was rejected by reasons of having safety defects of an outof-service nature be notified that the said vehicle shall not be operated until all necessary repairs have been made. A Commercial Motor Vehicle placed out-of-service may be operated to the nearest repair facility in so far it is safe to do so. This operation is restricted to a five day period from the date of rejection. No commercial motor vehicle may be operated with a rejection certificate with an out-of-service condition under any circumstances unless it is being moved for the purpose of repairs. Any person who operates or any owner or custodian, who permits a commercial motor vehicle to be Back to Index