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a) The following persons may operate a motor vehicle in this state without obtaining a driver’s license under this code:

(1) A nonresident over the age of years having in his or her immediate possession a valid driver’s license issued by a foreign jurisdiction of which he or she is a resident, except as provided in

Section 12505.

(2) A nonresident, 21 years of age or older, if transporting hazardous material, as defined in

Section 353, in a commercial vehicle, having in his or her immediate possession, a valid license with the appropriate endorsement issued by another state or other jurisdiction that is recognized by the department, or a Canadian driver’s license and a copy of his or her current training certificate to transport hazardous material that complies with all federal laws and regulations with respect to hazardous materials, both of which shall be in his or her immediate possession.

(3) A nonresident having in his or her immediate possession a valid driver’s license, issued by the Diplomatic Motor Vehicle Office of the Office of Foreign Missions of the United States Department of State, for the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles that the person is operating. (b)

(1) A driver required to have a commercial driver’s license under Part of Title of the Code of Federal Regulations who submits a current medical examiner’s certificate to the licensing state in accordance with

Section 383.71(

h) of Subpart E of Part of Title of the Code of Federal Regulations, documenting that he or she meets the physical qualification requirements of

Section 391.41 of Subpart E of Part of Title of the Code of Federal Regulations, is not required to carry on his or her person the medical examiner’s certificate or a copy of that certificate.

(2) A driver may use the date-stamped receipt, given to the driver by the licensing state agency, for up to days after the date stamped on the receipt, as proof of medical certification. (

c) A nonresident possessing a medical certificate in accordance with subdivision (

b) shall comply with any restriction of the medical certificate issued to that nonresident. (

d) This

section shall become operative on January 31, 2014.