Code of Maine Rules › 29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › 250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 11 - RULES GOVERNING MOTORCYCLE RIDER EDUCATION › Section 250-11-5 - Motorcycle Rider Education Instructor Licensing Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
General requirements
. Any
				  person who conducts motorcycle rider education, acts as an instructor or
				  represents oneself as providing the same must be licensed by the Secretary of
				  State. The Secretary of State shall not authorize a person to conduct
				  motorcycle rider education unless the person meets the following requirements:
A. The person is at least twenty (20) years
				  of age;
B. The person has a high
				  school diploma or equivalent;
C.
				  The person has a valid operator's license with an endorsement, or restriction,
				  to operate a motorcycle as described in
				  29-A MRS
				  Section1254;
D. The person has at least two (2) years of
				  riding experience as a licensed motorcycle operator in this state or another
				  jurisdiction. If a person has not held a Maine license as required in this
				  section, a certified copy of a driving record from all states in which a
				  license was held in the preceding six years, must be provided with the
				  instructor application. The record must provide the date of licensing or
				  endorsement for operation of a motorcycle.
E. The person has not been convicted of a
				  moving criminal traffic offense within the last six (6) years, except for
				  operating without an operator's license if the operator's license was expired
				  less than five (5) years, and operating with an expired registration;
F. The person has not been designated as an
				  accident-prone driver pursuant to
				  29-A MRS
				  Section1308 within the last year;
G. The person has not had an operator's
				  license suspended or revoked within the last six (6) years pursuant to
				  29-A MRS
				  Sections2411,
				  2453,
				  2454,
				  2456,
				  2457,
				  2521,
				  2525,
				  2552,
				  2554,
				  2555
				  or 2557A;
H. The person has not
				  been convicted of any felony within the last ten (10) years;
I. The person has never been convicted of any
				  crimes listed in
				  17-A MRS Sections201,
				  202,
				  203,
				  208, 208B,
				  208C, 210A, 210B, 210C,
				  211, 211A,
				  213,
				  253,
				  254, 255A,
				  256,
				  258,
				  260,
				  261,
				  282,
				  283,
				  284,
				  301,
				  302,
				  303,
				  553,
				  554,
				  556,
				  854,
				  855.
				  A person whose application (or renewal application) is denied based on
				  conviction of a crime listed in
				  17-A MRS
				  Sections211,
				  211-A,
				  256,
				  or
				  259-A
				  may request a hearing with the Secretary of State to show cause why denial on
				  those grounds is not appropriate;
J. The person must provide valid, current
				  proof of completion of a first aid course;
K. The person pays the fee as established by
				   29-A MRS
				  Section1353;
L. The person must not have any physical,
				  emotional or mental impairment that would prevent driver licensure in
				  accordance with 29-250, Chapter 3, Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor
				  Vehicles, Rules Governing the Physical, Emotional and Mental Competence to
				  Operate a Motor Vehicle. Any person under review for a reportable medical,
				  physical, mental, or emotional condition may, at the Secretary of State's
				  discretion, be disqualified from possessing a motorcycle rider education
				  instructor license until all medical requirements have been met;
M. The person successfully completes a
				  motorcycle rider education instructor preparation course approved by the
				  Secretary of State;
N. If the
				  Instructor Preparation course is completed in another state, prior to a
				  motorcycle rider education instructor license being issued, the individual
				  shall attend a workshop with the Maine Motorcycle Safety Program Coordinator to
				  ensure compliance with Maine rules and policies;
O. Initial instructor licensing must be
				  completed within two years of fulfilling the requirements of subsection 1M and
				  1 N;
P. Prior to enrollment in any instructor
				  preparation course, the person must participate, as a student, in a hands-on
				  basic motorcycle rider education course within the preceding year.
Q. The person must be certified by an entity
				  that has proprietary rights to a curriculum, approved by the Secretary of
				  State, as a motorcycle rider education course, for the specific curriculum
				  being taught.
R. Instructor
				  applicants shall submit to State Bureau of Identification background check upon
				  initial and renewal application. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles will request and
				  receive the background check from the State Bureau of Identification. A fee
				  will be assessed at time of initial and renewal application pursuant to Title
				  25 MRS
				  Sec1541(1).
S. State and federal criminal history record
				  information shall be used for the purpose of screening motorcycle rider
				  education instructors in order to determine whether issuance of a motorcycle
				  rider education instructor license is granted or maintained.
T. A motorcycle rider education instructor
				  must be in possession of a valid motorcycle rider education instructor license,
				  reflecting the appropriate license type, when teaching in the classroom and on
				  the range.