Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-10 - Driver training in the operation of Class "D" motor vehicles

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
				4501-7-39 of the Administrative
				Code.]
(A) All driver training courses
			 for beginning drivers, who are between the ages of fifteen years and six months
			 of age and eighteen years of age, must meet the following requirements:
(1) Except as provided in rule
			 4501-7-06 of the Administrative
			 Code for a medically based hospital or rehabilitation facility that offers
			 instruction for persons with a disability and online providers, enterprises
			 that provide driver training shall provide both the classroom or virtual
			 instruction and behind-the-wheel instruction;
(2) No behind-the-wheel instruction shall be
			 given to a student who does not hold and carry a valid temporary permit or
			 operator's license. No driver shall be given behind-the-wheel instruction using
			 a permit or license which has expired or which has been suspended or
			 revoked
(3) Students shall be
			 taught and supervised by a licensed instructor. Licensed instructors instruct
			 only under the authority of a licensed driver training school.
(4) When a student operates a motor vehicle
			 on the public highways, a licensed instructor shall be in the vehicle seated
			 beside the driver. The instructor shall carry with them proper identification to prove valid
			 licensure and provide such proof upon request. Proper identification
			 includes:
(a)
										The instructor's current and valid driver's license and the
			 department issued instructor license if the department issued license does not
			 have the instructor's photo printed on it; or
(b)
										The instructor's
			 current and valid department issued instructor license if the department issued
			 license contains the instructor's photo printed on it.
(5) The driver training course
			 shall be based on the principals of and cover, at a minimum, the in-car lessons
			 contained in the "Ohio Driver Training Curriculum." The program includes no
			 less than eight hours of driver training for each student;
(6) Behind-the-wheel instruction consists of
			 no less than sixty minutes of instruction for each hour credited toward
			 completion of the required training. Time taken for breaks in instruction shall
			 not be included when calculating completion of the required
			 instruction;
(7) No instructor
			 shall give a beginning driver behind-the-wheel instruction before the student
			 has completed the classroom or virtual classroom instruction. No instructor
			 shall give a student who is enrolled in an online program, behind-the-wheel
			 instruction without receiving a "Certificate of Completion of an Online Driver
			 Education Program" issued by the online provider;
(8) Class "D" instructors shall take a ten
			 minute break after every four consecutive hours of instruction;
(9) A student's good-faith effort made during
			 the full eight hours of skills training constitutes successful completion of
			 the behind-the-wheel training;
(10)
			 All training as required in this rule and rule
			 4501-7-09 of the Administrative
			 Code, provided by the enterprise shall be made available to, and completed by,
			 the student within six months of the first date of training, unless mitigating
			 circumstances occur. Mitigating circumstances include health and family issues
			 that disrupt the student's ability to receive training. Mitigating
			 circumstances do not include the inability to schedule training due to parent
			 or student elective or extra-curricular activities, such as sports and school
			 clubs. Mitigating circumstances shall be documented in the student's record.
			 Requests for special circumstances not listed to be considered "mitigating" are
			 requested through the department. If no mitigating circumstances are approved,
			 training will be voided and the student re-takes the training.