Can third party issued CDLs be cancelled?

I was recently hired with RE West, and so far, so good, everyone there has been great to work with and I've spent the last 2 weeks training on their yard and skipped the new ELDT training since I had already had my class A from before, just with restrictions. I took the pre-trip / backing / road test yesterday with the company's own 3rd party examiner and I passed with flying colors. I immediately took my paperwork down to the DMV and I ended up adding tanker and doubles/triples to it as well. They issued an updated CDL class A with no restrictions and sent me on my way. What is bothering me is that I had to sign a form that stated that since I had been tested by a third party, the state may cancel my license and require me to retest at my own expense at a TN Dept. of Safety run site (DMV). Is this something that happens on a regular basis? Does anyone think this could happen down the road? Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

 

Yeah, I've heard of it happening when the examiners were fraudulently passing people, but that is certainly not the case here. Most people from outside companies that test there fail miserably, the other day I saw someone (from another company) almost jackknife the truck trying to do their alley dock, needless to say they didn't pass. West has a very good training program and excellent trainers and they fully prepare you to pass on your first go. The training is only 3 weeks if your starting brand new with no CDL at all, and they do an awesome job getting you ready.

What my main worry is; what if the feds or the state of TN suddenly decide down the road that everyone who tested 3rd party no longer has a valid CDL?

 

From what I've been able to scoop up, the only times it has happened, was when fraud was uncovered from the examiners themselves or they had their testing certification revoked. But yeah, it's not a probationary CDL like Budd was saying, it's the real deal just like if you tested at the DMV, only difference is the knife that hangs over your head if you did it 3rd party. I guess I worry too much, probably nothing will ever come of it but who knows. I was just wondering if anyone on here had ever heard of anything happening to people who took the test 3rd party.

 

It was, and Swift apparently charged students $3900 for their trouble as well.

Pascarella v. Swift Transportation Co., Inc., 694 F. Supp. 2d 933 | Casetext Search + Citator

Thousands of Tennessee Issued CDL's Suspended, Pending Retest