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 375-5-2 - DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS › Rule 375-5-2-.21 - General Regulations

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) No license, or permit as provided for by
				the Georgia Driver Training School License Act will be issued to any applicant
				who has been convicted of any felony or any crime involving violence,
				dishonesty, deceit, fraud, indecency or moral turpitude unless such applicant
				has received a pardon and can produce evidence of such pardon to the
				Department. When requested, each applicant will furnish a copy of the
				disposition of any case. For the purposes of this subparagraph, a plea of nolo
				contendere shall be considered a conviction. For the purposes of this
				subparagraph, a conviction for which a person has been free from custody and
				free from supervision for at least ten years will not be considered, unless the
				conviction is for an offense which is a dangerous sexual offense as defined in
				O.C.G.A. §
									42-1-12 or the criminal offense
				was committed against a victim who was a minor at the time of the
				offense.
(2) No employee of the
				Department, nor any employee's spouse, dependent child, dependent stepchild, or
				dependent adopted child shall be an owner, operator, instructor or employee in
				any State approved driver training school program.
(3) The school shall agree to permit the
				Department to inspect the school and all records or documents pertaining
				thereto during normal business hours, and the Department shall have the right
				and privilege of reproducing such records or documents, as it deems necessary.
				Normal business hours shall be 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Flexibility in
				the time may be observed as long as the school is open at least six (6) hours
				per day, at least three (3) hours of which must fall within the period of 10:30
				a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Except when a secondary school is licensed as a driver
				training school or limited driver training school and provides driver training
				to students other than during normal business hours of the school business
				office.
(4) The school must exhibit
				on each motor vehicle registered by the Department for the purpose of driver
				instruction a sign identifying the school by name. This identification may be
				painted or displayed by decal on the front, side or rear of the vehicle, in
				clearly legible block letters not less than two (2) inches in size. Any such
				decal may be permanently affixed or removable and detached when the vehicle is
				not used for driving instruction. If the identification is not painted on the
				rear or sides of the vehicle, a portable sign must be attached securely to the
				rear bumper or to the top of the vehicle so that it is visible from the rear,
				provided that such sign conforms to the above requirements.
(5) A sign must be visible from the rear of
				the vehicle in clear legible block letters not less than two (2) inches in size
				with the words STUDENT DRIVER, unless a rear decal or portable sign on the rear
				bumper or vehicle roof includes the term "Driving School" or "Driver Education"
				or "Student Driver" and such term is clearly visible from the rear of the
				vehicle.
(6) An owner, instructor,
				employee, or agent of a driver training school and/or limited driver training
				school shall not imply, directly or indirectly, to a student that his driver
				license will be obtained upon the completion of a course of driving instruction
				by the school.
(7) It shall be the
				duty and responsibility of the driver training school, limited driver training
				school instructor, or its instructor or agent, to ensure that an unlicensed
				student meets the vision requirements set forth in Georgia law before any
				on-street driving instruction is initiated.
(8) No person shall perform any instructional
				duties as an owner or employee of any driver training school and/or limited
				driver training school or branch thereof unless such person shall meet the
				qualifications for an instructor as herein provided, and all instructional
				personnel must possess a valid instructor's license issued by the
				Department.
(9) The instructor's
				license and the vehicle registration card issued by the Department must be
				carried in the school vehicle at all times whenever driving instructions are
				being given.
(10) No driver
				training school or limited driver training school owner, instructor, employee
				or agent will be permitted to loiter in or on the premises maintained by the
				Department for the purpose of administering driver license examinations or
				issuing driver licenses. "Loitering", for the purposes of this subparagraph,
				shall include a driver training school instructor, employee, or agent remaining
				or wandering around the Department's premises for the purpose of soliciting
				business.
(11) No driver training
				school or limited driver training school owner, instructor, employee or agent
				will be permitted to solicit any individual for the purpose of enrolling such
				person in any course or service of the school while on the premises or in any
				office or facility of the Department.
(12) No driver training school or limited
				driver training school instructor, employee or agent will be permitted to use
				the premises or any office or facility maintained by the Department to give
				driving instructions to any student.
(13) No driver training school instructor,
				employee or agent shall be attired in any uniform or clothing which would give
				the appearance of being a member or employee of the Department.
(14) Whenever any school or branch thereof
				shall be discontinued for any reason, the license of such school or branch
				shall be surrendered to the Department within ten (10) days of the permanent
				closing of the facility.
(15)
				Whenever any employee licensed by the Department is separated from such school
				for any reason, the school shall notify the Department within ten (10) days in
				writing of such separation, giving the name, license number, if applicable, and
				date of such separation.
(16) No
				driver training school or limited driver training school may sell, transfer,
				exchange, trade or otherwise dispose of any contract, part of a contract,
				agreement or obligation by or between any school and any student or instructor
				unless the school has obtained the written consent of the student.
(17) No student may sell, transfer, exchange,
				trade, or otherwise dispose of any contract, part of a contract, agreement or
				obligation by or between the school and any student and/or instructor, unless
				the student has obtained the written consent of the school.
(18) Any driver training schools must provide
				classroom and road training and have proper equipment available for the
				students.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  40-5-21,
				  43-13-4,
				  43-13-5,
				  43-13-8.