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All courses are FMCSA-registered and accepted at South Carolina DMV locations statewide.
Three simple steps to get your South Carolina ELDT certificate.
Create your account, choose your course, and pay securely. Takes less than 2 minutes.
Go through the self-paced online course on any device. Free retakes included.
Your ELDT certificate is auto-uploaded to the FMCSA registry. Show up to your SC DMV and you're done.
The order matters, and it is not the same in every state. This is South Carolina's order, from the SCDMV's own rules. Fees are on the SCDMV 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.
CLP valid one year.
Federal minimum before the skills test.
With a TPR-registered BTW provider.
At SCDMV or a certified third party. Do not fail it three times; the waits escalate.
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: 1 year.
Yes. A third-party skills-testing program run under the SCDMV Office of Inspector General.
Pass the hazmat knowledge test and complete TSA fingerprinting; only U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible. A CDL with hazmat runs on a 5-year cycle instead of 8.
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 South Carolina adds for the school part: No state licensing layer for theory. Any TPR-registered provider is accepted.
Sources: SCDMV: Commercial Driver's License. Checked September and October 2026. Compare all 50 states ›
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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina DMV.
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