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EMPLOYER PULL NOTICE PROGRAM INFORMATION AND ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS BACKGROUND The.. Employer Pull Notice (EPN) Program was established to provide employers and regulatory agencies with a means of promoting driver safety through the ongoing review of driver records. An employer enrolled in the EPN,orogram is assigned a requester code. The requester code is added to an employee driver license (DL) record.. When an employee~ DL is updated to record an activity, a check is made electronically to determine if a pull notice is on tile. ff the activity is one that is spedfled to be reported under the EPN program, a DL record (printout) is generated and mailed to the employer. The following identifies when the EPN program started and when legislation was enacted: 1. 1982-1aw enforcement and government employer's began to enroll their drivers into the EPN Program voluntarily. 2. 1989-all Class llA, Class 2/8, trimsit authority, certificated, and PUC regulated drivers (limousine drivers, charter party carriers etc.) ware enrolled pursuam to California Vehicle Code (CVC) §1 808. 1 -Employer Notfficatlon. 3. 1990-PUC began enrolling owner operators. PLEASE NOTE: EPN requirements are listed in CVC §1808.1, and 1808.3. Vehicle code books may be purchased at your local Department of Motor Vehicle field office for a fee of $,3. REGULATORY AGENCIES The regulatory agerides for enforcement of the EPN Program are: 1. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Employers am checked to determine if they have complied with the EPN Program requirements as part of its inspec- tion of bus maintenance facilities and terminals required at least once every 13 months. 2. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Regulates common carriers, cement careers, permit carriers, and checks the ddving records of all persons, whether employees or subhaulars, operating vehicles used in transportation for compensation requiring a Class A license. PUC enrolls owner-operators in the EPN and checks the driving records at least annually. The limousine industry is under PUC jurisdiction and control, which requires limousine owners to partid~ in the EPN Program. PROSPECTIVE HIRE The prospective employer of a driver is required to obtain a ddver record. ff hired, the driver's record is to be reviewed, signed, and dated by the employer and maintained at the employer's place of business until the employer enrolls the driver in the EPN Program. The prospective him may purchase a copy of their DL record for $5 by completing a Individual Request form, INF 1125, or the employer may purchase a copy of the prospective hire's DL for $5 per record by completing the Employer Pull Notice Program Casual or ProspectNe Hire, Driver License Record Request, INF 1250. CASUAL DRIVERS Employers am not required to enroll a 'casual" driver. A "casual" driver is employed less than 30 days in the preceding six months. However, they must obtain a current DL record, sign the record, date it and maintain the record on file a~ the employer's place of business. The record may be purchased in the same manner as the prospective him.