Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXIV. Public Utilities § 281A.120.Issuance of commercial learner’s permit

(a) Has complied with the criminal history background check required by KRS 281A.300;

(b) Holds a valid Kentucky Class D operator's license;

(c) Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or can provide to the cabinet documentation issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the person to be in the United States and to be employed while in the United States; and

(d) Has passed the vision and knowledge tests required for a commercial driver's license of the class vehicle to be driven. Commercial learner's permits shall be class specific.

(a) Has complied with the criminal history background check required by KRS 281A.300;

(b) Holds a valid Kentucky Class D operator's license;

(c) Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or can provide to the cabinet documentation issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the person to be in the United States and to be employed while in the United States; and

(d) Has passed the vision and knowledge tests required for a commercial driver's license of the class vehicle to be driven.

A commercial learner's permit issued under this subsection shall be valid only for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce that is not a school bus or a vehicle hauling hazardous material. The CLP shall be class specific and shall contain a “K” restriction noting that the commercial driver is limited to Kentucky intrastate commerce.