Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-53 - Motorcycle Safety and Education › Section 4501-53-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of material incorporated
				by reference in this rule, see rule
				4501-53-16
				of the Administrative Code.]
As used in this chapter
(A) "Authorizing official" means any person
			 who owns, or who maintains responsibility on behalf of an individual for, a
			 corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, or an association for
			 the facilities, equipment, instructors, site coordinators, and other employees
			 of a motorcycle training provider.
(B) "Advanced riding skills" or "ARS" means
			 the advanced rider course approved by the department.
(C) "Basic riding skills" or "BRS" means the basic motorcycle training course approved
			 by the department.
(D) "Basic
			 riding skills-returning rider" or "BRS-RR" means the basic rider course for the
			 returning rider approved by the department.
(E) "Basic riding skills-two" or "BRS-2"
			 means the basic rider course for the experienced rider approved by the
			 department.
(F) "Chief instructor"
			 means an instructor specially trained to perform the
			 following duties: curricula development, conduct instructor preparation
			 courses, conduct instructor refresher workshops,
			 and instructor evaluations, evaluate and paint ranges, and
			  conduct provider inspections.
(G)
								"Lead Instructor
			 Training Expert" or "LITE" specially trained by a chief instructor in the
			 following duties: instructor evaluations, range evaluation and painting,
			 instructor training and conduct provider inspections.
(H)
			 "Classroom" means any room within an approved training provider facility or under contract with a
			 provider, in which students are taught motorcycle safety and
			 education.
(I) "Classroom
			 instruction" means the portion of a motorcycle training course, in-person or virtual, devoted to teaching motorcycle
			 knowledge which does not include the student's operation of a
			 motorcycle.
(J) "Completion
			 certificate" means a certifiate,
			 created by the department,
								 issued to students who
			 have successfully completed any
			 approved motorcycle course through an approved training provider.
(K) "Department" means
			 the Ohio department of public safety.
(L) "Director" means
			 the director of the Ohio department of public safety as set forth in division
			 (G) of section
			 121.03
			 of the Revised Code, or the director's designee.
(M) "Motorcycle
			 endorsement" means any driver license with a motorcycle
			 endorsement.
(N) "Instructor" means
			 an individual certified by the department to teach motorcycle training courses
			 approved by the department.
(O) "Instructor of
			 record" refers to the instructor hired by a training provider or the department to teach a given
			 course and receive compensation for that course. An instructor volunteering
			 their teaching services, unless assigned by the
			 provider or department as an instructor, is not considered an instructor of
			 record.
(P) "Instructor
			 preparation course" or "IPC" means a course of instruction to teach potential
			 motorcycle instructors how to train the general public in motorcycle safety
			 practices.
(Q) "Motorcycle Ohio"
			 or "MO" is the motorcycle safety and education program operated by the
			 department as provided in section
			 4508.08
			 of the Revised Code.
(R) "Private provider"
			 means any private organization or corporation approved by the department to
			 train the general public in an approved
			 motorcycle safety and education course.
(S)
			 "Provider" means both private provider and public provider.
(T)
			 "Public provider" or "grantee" means any public agency or recognized training
			 facility contracted by the department to train the general public in
			 an approvedmotorcycle safety and education
			 course.
(U) "Range" or "riding
			 range" means an off-highway site designed for training riders that does not
			 permit traffic to pass through the site during training.
(V)
			 "Range instruction" means a portion of an approved
			 motorcycle training course devoted to teaching motorcycle skills which includes
			 the student's operation of a motorcycle.
(W)
			 "Site coordinator" means a person designated by the authorized official of a
			 motorcycle training provider to carry out orders and conduct the business and
			 manage the provider's training program.
(X)
								"Curriculum and
			 Training Specialist" means an instructor specially trained to perform the
			 following duties: design, evaluate, approve and paint training ranges,
			 curricula development, instructor training, and to conduct provider
			 inspections.
(Y)
								"Proper riding gear" means a D.O.T. approved helmet,
			 eye protection (a properly fitted face shield on a helmet, or a set of goggles,
			 or a set of eye glasses), long sleeved shirt or jacket with no holes, full
			 fingered sturdy gloves with no holes, full length sturdy pants with no holes,
			 and sturdy over-the-ankle footwear.
(Z)
								"State
			 Coordinator" means the motorcycle Ohio statewide coordinator.
(AA)
								"National
			 Standards" means the "Model National Standards for Entry-Level Motorcycle Rider
			 Training" developed by windwalker corporation and highway safety services LLC
			 for the national highway traffic safety administration.
(BB)
								"Motorcycle
			 temporary instruction permit identification card (TIPIC)" means a motorcycle
			 operator learner's permit issued by a person's state of
			 residence.
(CC)
								"Disqualifying offense" has the same meaning as in
			 section
			 9.79
			 of the Revised Code.