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Your ELDT certificate is auto-uploaded to the FMCSA registry. Show up to your IN DMV and you're done.
The order matters, and it is not the same in every state. This is Indiana's order, from the BMV's own rules. Fees are on the BMV site; the steps below do not change often.
From a certified medical examiner.
Any TPR-registered provider. ELDT365 files your completion the moment you pass.
General Knowledge is 50 questions, 80 percent to pass.
Federal minimum before the skills test.
With a TPR-registered BTW provider.
At a BMV-authorized examination site.
Age: 18 for in-state driving; 21 to cross state lines, drive a school bus, or haul hazmat.
Hold your permit: 14 days before the skills test.
Permit valid: See the BMV page; skills test results stay valid for one year.
Skills tests at BMV-authorized examination sites; results are sent to the BMV electronically.
Hazmat knowledge test at the BMV; TSA clearance before the H is issued.
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 Indiana adds for the school part: No state licensing layer for theory. Any TPR-registered provider is accepted.
Sources: Indiana BMV: obtaining a CDL · Indiana BMV: obtaining a CLP. 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 Indiana 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 Indiana DMV.
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