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-.04 - Driver Training and Limited Driver Training School Licenses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
1.
Procedures
				for Original Driver Training School and Limited Driver Training School
				License
a. Driver training schools and
				Limited Driver Training schools shall be required to obtain a license as a
				driver training school.
b. Before
				any original license may be issued to any person for a driver training school
				or limited driver training school to operate in the State of Georgia, an
				application shall be made in writing to the Department, on a form prepared and
				furnished by the Department which shall include a statement showing:
i. The title or name of the school together
				with complete ownership and names and addresses of directors, officers and
				controlling stockholders therein.
ii. The specific curriculum of instruction
				that will be offered by the school.
iii. The principal place of business and
				other locations where instruction will be provided that may include; behind the
				wheel instruction, utilization of simulators, range, road, and road
				test.
iv. Virtual driver training
				programs may have a principal place of business located outside of the
				state.
v. A statement that the
				owners of the driver training school or limited driver training school are
				twenty-one (21) years of age or over.
c. Every application for a driver training
				school license and limited driver training school license must be accompanied
				by a fee of $25.00 by money order, certified or cashier's check payable to the
				Georgia Department of Driver Services and attached to the application form.
				Such fee shall be non-refundable.
d. The applicant must submit a certified copy
				from the clerk of the appropriate Superior Court evidencing the registration of
				a business or trade name if the business is to be conducted under such a trade
				name in lieu of the name of the corporation or limited liability corporation,
				which owns such driver training school.
e. The applicant must register the legal name
				of a corporation or limited liability corporation with the Georgia Secretary of
				State listing all owners controlling stockholders as officers.
f. The application must contain a valid
				business license of the adopted business name certifying the school may operate
				in the local jurisdiction.
g. The
				application by the owners, partners, officers or controlling stockholders of
				any driver training or limited driver training school shall complete
				fingerprinting using the Georgia Applicant Processing System and consent to a
				criminal background check.
h. Every
				school shall be inspected by the respective municipal or county government to
				ensure compliance with fire and building requirements. Copies of these
				inspectional reports shall be made available to the Department.
i. Every school shall submit an individual
				surety bond in the amount of $10,000.00 or, if more than one clinic shares
				common ownership, submit a surety bond providing coverage in the amount of
				$10,000.00 per location (i.e., for ten clinics, a surety bond in the clinics, a
				surety bond in the amount of $100,000). If this option is elected, the
				certificate must clearly demonstrate coverage for each clinic for which
				coverage is to be provided.