Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 375 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES › Chapter 375-5 - DRIVER TRAINING AND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT › Subject 375-5-3 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS › Rule 375-5-3-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following words and phrases, whenever used in this
				  Chapter, shall have the meaning as in this section ascribed to them unless
				  where used in the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary or
				  unless otherwise defined in the section of which they are part.
(a) "Commercial Motor Vehicle Training
				School" means any person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
				association, or other legal entity engaged in giving driving instruction to ten
				(10) or more persons per calendar year for the purpose of meeting requirements
				for CDL licensed driving of motor vehicles in the State of Georgia, except an
				accredited elementary school, junior college or college conducting a driver
				training course and driver improvement schools operated by this state, a county
				or a municipality thereof.
(b)
				"Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability
				company, corporation, association or school.
(c) "Driver License Examiner" means any
				person appointed by the Department for the purpose of administering driver
				license examinations.
(d)
				"Instructor" shall mean any person, whether employed by a commercial driver
				training school or operating in his or her own behalf, or whether acting on
				behalf of any school located within or outside the State of Georgia, who gives
				driving instructions for the purpose of meeting requirements for licensed
				driving of motor vehicles in the State of Georgia at a driver training
				school.
(e) "Suspension" means the
				privilege to operate a commercial driver training school or to instruct (as
				provided in these regulations) is temporarily withdrawn by formal action of the
				department, which temporary withdrawal shall be for a period specifically
				designated by the Department.
(f)
				"Revocation" means the privilege to operate a commercial driver training school
				or to instruct (as provided in these regulations) is terminated by formal
				action of the Department, which privilege shall not be subject to renewal or
				restoration, except that an application for a new license may be presented to
				and acted upon by the Department after the expiration of the applicable period
				of time prescribed by the Department. A revocation may be for a period of one
				(1) year or indefinitely.
(g)
				"Cancellation" means a license previously issued to or presently held by a
				person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or school is terminated by
				the Department because of some error or defect in the license or because the
				licensee is no longer entitled to such license. The cancellation of a license
				is without prejudice, and application for a new license may be made at any time
				after such cancellation.
(h)
				"Applicant" means the owner of a sole proprietorship, the partners in a firm,
				partnership or association or the controlling stockholders of a corporation, or
				the principal of a secondary school.
(i) "Controlling Stockholders" mean all
				stockholders of any corporation, public or private, owning more than ten
				percent (10%) of the outstanding shares in such corporation.
(j) "Passenger type vehicle" means any
				vehicle that requires a Commercial driver's license and is defined as a
				bus.
(k) "Non-Passenger type
				vehicle" means any vehicle that requires a class A, B, or C commercial driver's
				license.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  43-13-8.