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All courses are FMCSA-registered and accepted at Florida DMV locations statewide.
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Your ELDT certificate is auto-uploaded to the FMCSA registry. Show up to your FL DMV and you're done.
The order matters, and it is not the same in every state. This is Florida's order, from the FLHSMV's own rules. Fees are on the FLHSMV site; the steps below do not change often.
From a certified medical examiner. Choose your self-certification category (most new drivers: non-excepted interstate).
Any TPR-registered provider. ELDT365 files your completion the moment you pass.
Office only. CLP valid 12 months from the General Knowledge pass date.
Federal minimum before the skills test.
With a TPR-registered BTW provider.
At a state center or a certified third-party administrator, which sets its own fee.
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), usually through county tax collector offices.
Age: 18 for in-state driving, 21 to cross state lines or haul hazmat.
Hold your permit: 14 days before the skills test.
Permit valid: 12 months from the date you pass the General Knowledge test.
Yes. FLHSMV certifies Third Party Administrators and Testers under 49 CFR 383.75, bonded by test volume. Third parties set their own skills-test fees. They may NOT give knowledge tests; those are office-only.
Hazmat theory before the hazmat knowledge test; TSA security threat assessment before the H is issued. Passenger and school bus skills tests must be taken with an approved third party.
Federal rule 49 CFR 380.703(i) says that state qualification requirements for theory instruction do not apply to providers offering that instruction only online. So your state accepts theory from any provider listed on the FMCSA Training Provider Registry, including ELDT365, and no state can require the online theory portion to come from a state-licensed school. States can add their own rules for the behind-the-wheel part, and several do; those are listed below.
49 CFR 380.703(i) · FMCSA guidance on state-based training requirements
What Florida adds for the school part: No state licensing layer for theory. Any TPR-registered provider is accepted.
Sources: FLHSMV: Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers · FLHSMV: Third Party Testing. Checked September 2026.
As of February 2022, the FMCSA requires all first-time CDL applicants to complete Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) from a registered training provider before taking their CDL skills test.
This applies to all Florida drivers applying for a Class A CDL, Class B CDL, or any endorsement including HAZMAT, Passenger, and School Bus.
ELDT365 is registered with the FMCSA Training Provider Registry (TPR) and fully accepted by the Florida DMV.
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