Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-05 - Requirements for instructors, online instructors and adult training coordinators

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 paragraph (A) in rule
				4501-8-21
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) No
			 person shall give instruction for hire in the operation of a motor vehicle
			 unless such person is the holder of a current and valid probationary instructor
			 license or non-probationary instructor license issued by the director.
			 No authorizing official or adult training coordinator
			 shall allow a person to instruct driver training unless the person has applied
			 for and obtained the appropriate instructor's license from the director.
			 Instructors shall maintain a valid driver's license at all times during
			 licensure. The instructor shall act only under the authority and guidance
			 of a licensed driver training enterprise.
(B) Adult training coordinators shall be
			 licensed instructors and shall have completed a course for adult training
			 coordinators.
(C) Each person
			 applying for an instructor or online instructor license
			 submits the "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training
			 Instructor License Application" to the department. Original applications for
			 instructors  include:
(1) A fee of twenty-five dollars
			 paid electronically or in the form of a check or
			 money order made payable to the treasurer of the state of Ohio.
(2) Background checks regarding the
			 applicant's criminal record and dated no more than ninety days prior to the
			 date the director receives the "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Instructor
			 License Application." The background checks  include:
(a)
			 A state level check, which includes information maintained by the bureau of
			 criminal identification and investigation, or a similar agency from the
			 resident state of the applicant; and
(b) A federal level check, provided by a
			 governmental agency, which includes information from Ohio and all other
			 states.
(3)
									
									A .jpeg format photograph of the applicant
			 
			 showing neck, shoulders, full face and uncovered head with a plain solid
			 colored background and taken not more than sixty days prior to the date of the
			 application.  Photocopies of photographs
			  from other identification badges or
			 cards will not be accepted.
(4) The applicant's driving record abstract
			 obtained from the records maintained by the bureau of motor vehicles, or a
			 similar agency from another state if the applicant has an out-of-state license.
			 The abstract shall be dated no more than ninety days prior to the date the
			 "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Instructor License Application" is received
			 by the director. The abstract must show the applicant has a current and valid
			 license to operate a motor vehicle.
(5) Except for an online instructor
			 applicant, certification from an Ohio driver examiner that the applicant has
			 passed the required driver training instructor testing. Testing includes:
(a) A vision screening;
(b) A knowledge test that includes questions
			 testing the applicant's knowledge of the Administrative Code, road signs, the
			 care and operation of motor vehicles, and the "Digest of Motor Vehicle
			 Laws."
(c) A skill examination in a
			 motor vehicle other than a commercial motor vehicle or motorcycle.
(6) Except for an online
			 instructor applicant, proof the applicant has completed a training program
			 within the ten years immediately preceding the application for an instructor's
			 license. Except for an online instructor, the proof consists
			 of:
(a) A training program approved by the
			 director and administered by a licensed driver training school under the
			 direction of the adult training coordinator; or
(b) A valid copy of a state of Ohio
			 department of education certificate with a driver training endorsement issued
			 pursuant to the provisions of sections
			 3319.22
			 to
			 3319.31
			 of the Revised Code. Such certificate shall be valid at the time of applying
			 for an instructor license; or
(c)
			 Certificate issued by a college or university providing training specific to
			 driver education and training; or
(d) An abbreviated training program approved
			 by the director and administered by the licensed driver training school under
			 the direction of the adult training coordinator. The abbreviated training
			 program shall only be provided to instructors who currently meet the
			 requirements under rule
			 4501-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(7) For an online instructor applicant, the
			 proof shall consist of a training program approved by the director. Such
			 training shall have been completed within the ten years immediately preceding
			 the application for an online instructor's license.
(8) Except for an online instructor
			 applicant, the "Driver Training Personnel Physical Examination"
			 
									signed by a physician, nurse practitioner, or
			 physician's assistant acting within their scope of practice declaring that the
			 instructor does not have a medical condition, physical condition, including
			 vision impairment (not corrected), which could interfere with the
			 responsibilities of being an instructor or could jeopardize the health and
			 welfare of students and/or general public. The "Driver Training Personnel
			 Physical Examination" shall be
			 dated no more than one year prior to the date the director receives the
			 "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Instructor License Application."
(9) Proof the applicant has completed the
			 department's online "Sexual Harassment Training."