Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 36f - Driver's Education in Secondary Schools › Section 14-36f-6 - Instructor requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 provide any instruction to a student in a secondary school driver education
			 program unless such person is approved by the commissioner as a licensed
			 driving instructor meeting the requirements of section
			 14-78-48
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, employed by a licensed
			 commercial driving school, which is under contract with a secondary school or
			 makes application to and is approved by the commissioner as a qualified
			 secondary school teacher meeting the qualifications of this subsection and
			 subsection (b) of this section. In order to be approved the person shall:
(1) Comply with the requirements of section
			 14-73
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) Have held an operator's license for the
			 past four (4) consecutive years;
(3) Present to the commissioner certification
			 by a physician licensed in this state that he or she is physically fit to
			 operate a motor vehicle and provide driver education instruction. Such
			 certification shall be on a form approved by the commissioner, and be based on
			 a medical examination within the prior three (3) months, and shall be made in
			 accordance with the standards contained in
			 49 CFR
			 391.41. Any change in an instructor's medical
			 condition which may affect the safe operation of a motor vehicle shall be
			 reported to the commissioner in writing within five (5) business
			 days;
(4) Take and pass a
			 behind-the-wheel and written test as required by the commissioner.
A person who fails an examination may be re-examined not
				earlier than five (5) business days from the date of such failure, following
				the completion of additional training. A person shall provide proof of such
				additional training prior to any reexamination by the commissioner. The
				commissioner shall determine the schedule for all such re-examinations;
(5) Have taken and passed a course
			 in traffic safety or driver education, providing at least three (3) semester
			 hours of credit, of not less than forty-five (45) clock hours, which has been
			 approved by the commissioner;
(6)
			 Undergo annual proficiency testing by the commissioner in accordance with
			 section
			 14-36f-16 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(7) Be fingerprinted and be subject to 1) a
			 check of state and national records upon initial application and thereafter a
			 state criminal record check; 2) a check of the state child abuse and neglect
			 registry. If there is a criminal record or listing on the state child abuse and
			 neglect registry, the commissioner shall make a determination as whether to
			 issue a license using the standards set forth in section
			 14-73
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(8) Have a driving history with not more than
			 two (2) moving violations as listed in section
			 14-111g
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and in section
			 14-137a-5
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies within the previous three (3)
			 year period.