North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 37 - Department of Transportation › Article 37-13 - Commercial Driver Training School Requirements › Chapter 37-13-04 - Commercial Driver Training Instructor Requirements › Section 37-13-04-01 - Instructor - License required - Contents of application for license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. An applicant for
				a commercial driver training instructor license must:
a. Be a resident of the state of North
				Dakota, unless waived by the director for good cause.
b. Furnish the director information relating
				to all previous places of residence located outside of the state of North
				Dakota.
c. Be at least twenty-one
				years of age.
d. Read, write, and
				speak the English language.
e. Have
				normal peripheral and color vision and visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each
				eye, with or without corrective lenses.
f. Have been a licensed driver for three
				years for class of vehicle instruction, holding a valid North Dakota driver's
				license unless waived by the director for good cause, free from requirement to
				show proof of financial responsibility, and have a satisfactory driving record
				free from any conviction that would constitute the basis for suspension or
				revocation of the instructor license.
g. Authorize the director to investigate the
				applicant's background and review the applicant's driving record.
h. Submit to a nationwide fingerprint-based
				criminal history record check with the federal bureau of investigation at no
				expense to the department of transportation.
(1) If the applicant has been convicted of a
				crime involving moral turpitude, the applicant is ineligible to be an
				instructor.
(2) If the applicant
				has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, the applicant is ineligible to
				be an instructor unless:
(a) The director
				determines the crime does not directly relate to the position of instructor;
				or
(b) The applicant has shown
				competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform
				the duties of an instructor.
i. Pass a written and road test for each
				class of license for which driver training is to be offered. The tests must be
				administered by the North Dakota department of transportation driver's license
				division. The director may accept commercial driver's license test results from
				another state if the applicant currently holds a valid commercial driver's
				license. The director may periodically require a licensed instructor to submit
				to a written examination and road test consisting of all or any part of the
				test specified in this section. The test must include:
(1) The operation of a motor
				vehicle.
(2) Traffic
				laws.
(3) Road signs, laws and
				regulations, and other material pertaining to and affecting the driver,
				traffic, and motor vehicle.
j. Be in good physical and mental health, and
				having no illness or condition that would render the applicant unable to safely
				perform the duties as an instructor. The applicant shall submit to a physical
				examination by a licensed physician and a certificate must accompany the
				application. For commercial driver's license instruction, the instructor shall
				submit a copy of the federal department of transportation medical card every
				two years. The director may periodically require a licensed instructor to
				submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician and a certificate of
				the examination must be submitted to the director.
k. Instructor preparation:
(1) Hold a valid North Dakota driver
				education certificate issued by the department of public instruction;
				or
(2) Have successfully completed
				an approved preparation course or courses for commercial driver education
				instructors. Instructor preparation courses must be submitted to and approved
				by the director. Preparation courses conducted by a licensed commercial driver
				training school must consist of both classroom training and practical driving
				situations. At a minimum, instructor development training for class D must
				consist of thirty hours of classroom and thirty hours of behind-the-wheel
				practical training. At a minimum, instructor development training for class A,
				B, or C must consist of forty hours of classroom and eighty hours of
				behind-the-wheel practical training. The behind-the-wheel practical training
				must consist of both actual driving and riding along and observing a licensed
				instructor during a student training session. Driver education instructor
				development courses offered through a university system may also be considered
				for approval.
I.
				Instructor requirements may be waived by the director for good cause when
				pertaining to a commercial driving school licensed to offer the internet course
				only.