Section 509-M. Duties of the department

The department of motor vehicles
  shall:
    1. At least once every three years, review the  bus  driver  files  of
  each  motor carrier, provided, however, that the commissioner may review
  such bus driver files at his discretion at any other time during regular
  business hours.
    2. Establish regulations and forms for the orderly  administration  of
  and  compliance with this article. Regulations shall also be established
  which are  necessary  for  implementation  of  the  process  for  appeal
  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section  five hundred nine-d of this
  article.
    3. Provide each motor carrier with notice whenever one of the  drivers
  of  such  motor  carrier  has  received  revocation  or  suspension of a
  driver's license, learner's permit or privilege to operate.
    4. Provide a motor carrier who has complied with the  requirements  of
  subdivision  four  of  section  five hundred nine-i of this article with
  information on any employee of the motor carrier regarding a  conviction
  for a violation of this chapter.
    5.  Upon receipt of the criminal history record report of a school bus
  driver, notify the motor carrier of disqualification of an applicant  or
  school  bus driver which would or could disqualify such driver under the
  provisions of section five hundred nine-cc of this article. Notification
  to the carrier  shall  be  without  specification  of  the  grounds  for
  disqualification,  those grounds to be made available only to the school
  bus driver or his or her representative.
    6. In order to effectuate the provisions of  this  article,  establish
  procedures,  by  regulation,  to  conduct  curbside  verification of bus
  driver and motor carrier identity to determine whether or not such motor
  carrier has notified the commissioner of the bus driver's employment  as
  required  by  subdivision  four  of  section five hundred nine-d of this
  article and whether or not such motor  carrier  has  compiled  with  the
  provisions   of  this  article  and  with  any  regulations  promulgated
  thereunder; provided, however, such verifications shall be conducted  so
  as not to disrupt the flow of traffic or endanger public safety.
    7.  The  commissioner  shall  prepare  and  distribute  a form for the
  provision of objective data concerning the  driving  history  of  a  bus
  driver  who is subject to regulation under this article. Such form shall
  be completed by current or former employers of such bus drivers upon the
  request of a prospective or subsequent employer.