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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-5 - School Bus Minimum Standards › Section 4501-5-03 - School buses used to transport pupils with special needs

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 
								(S) of rule
				4501-5-01 of
				the Administrative Code.]
(A) General
			 requirements.
(1) All school buses
			 equipped with
			 wheelchair lifts shall comply with rules
			 4501-5-01 to
			 4501-5-3 of the Administrative Code, when applicable.
(2)
			 School buses used for the transportation of pupils with special needs that
			 require the use of a wheelchair and/or other mobile seating devices which
			 prohibit use of the regular service entrance shall be equipped with a power
			 lift.
(3) The lift shall be located on the right side of the
			 body, in no way attached to the exterior sides of the bus. When not extended,
			 the lift shall be confined within the perimeter of the school bus body. Buses
			 equipped with a lift shall not have passenger seats installed directly across
			 the aisle way from the lift unless they are seats that
			 have been designed to be removed for the purposes of alternative passenger
			 securement.
(4) All school buses equipped with wheelchair lifts shall be equipped with
			 an electronic communication system. The electronic communication system shall
			 be capable of constant contact with the school or dispatch point. This
			 equipment may be excluded from the bus manufacturer's bid and purchased
			 separately.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-5 - School Bus Minimum Standards › Section 4501-5-04 - Evaluation of new equipment or changes to existing equipment on school buses

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Application
			 
								- This rule
			 shall apply to any manufacturer, dealer or owner of a school bus who wishes to
			 incorporate or install any equipment or product other than those specified in
			 rules
			 4501-5-01 to
			 4501-5-03
			 of the Administrative Code, including equipment or products the manufacturer,
			 dealer or owner believes are equivalent or superior to equipment or products
			 specified in those rules.
(B)
			 Permission 
								- Prior to the installation of new or additional
			 equipment or products, or changes to any existing equipment on a school bus,
			 the school bus manufacturer, dealer or owner shall request permission, in
			 writing, from the director This request shall include, but is not limited to,
(1) A complete description of the item,
			 including:
(a) Photographs or
			 illustrations.
(b) Diagrams and/or
			 informational pamphlets.
(c)
			 Schematics, technical data, specifications, dimensions.
(d) Results of testing by an independent
			 testing facility or laboratory specific to the product being tested.
(e) If the manufacturer, dealer or owner
			 believes the equipment or product is equivalent or superior to those included
			 in the specifications set forth in rules
			 4501-5-01 to
			 4501-5-03
			 of the Administrative Code, a statement explaining how this determination was
			 made.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-5 - School Bus Minimum Standards › Section 4501-5-06 - School bus body standards - types A-I and A-II school bus with body supplied by body manufacturer. [Rescinded]

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 12-01-08
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-02 - Place of business for a class "D", CDL, and online license school

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Each driver
			 training enterprise shall maintain an established place of business that is
			 owned, leased or rented by that enterprise. A place of
			 business includes, at a minimum, an office, classroom, and a range, whichever
			 is applicable to the training provided.
(1) Each driver training
			 enterprise , that offers in-classroom
			 training, shall maintain at least one fixed geographical
			 classroom location  where training
			 is conducted. The enterprise shall also maintain at least one office in a fixed
			 geographic location where records are kept.
(a) Any facility used for a class "D"
			 or CDL driver training school shall be inspected
			 and approved by the director prior to its use as a school.
(b) The use of a mobile or modular structure
			 as a  driver training school shall
			 be prohibited unless the structure is installed on a permanent
			 foundation.
(c) The place of
			 business shall only be occupied by the driver training school during times of
			 classroom instruction.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-04 - Application for and renewal of driver training school licenses

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) No person shall establish a
			 driver training enterprise or allow such an enterprise to continue unless the
			 authorizing official first applies for and obtains from the director a license
			 for 
								the
			 driver training school. The authorizing official shall ensure the driver
			 training school, its business enterprise, and its instructors and training
			 managers operate in compliance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 4501-7 of the Administrative Code, as well as all other applicable
			 local, state, and federal laws. No motorcycle training or motorcycle safety
			 program is administered under this chapter of the Administrative
			 Code.
(B) Each authorizing official
			 applying for a school license shall submit the "Driver Training Enterprise
			 Application" 
								as prescribed by the director to the
			 department.
(C) No driver training
			 enterprise established after July 1, 2001, may share the same name as any other
			 driver training enterprise unless the same person owns both.
(D) A "Driver Training Enterprise
			 Application" may include one or any combination of the following types of
			 driver training school licenses:
(1) Class "D"
			 license school, which offers traditional classroom instruction, virtual
			 classroom instruction, and behind-the-wheel training that complies with the
			 requirements of division (C) of section
			 4508.02 of the Revised
			 Code;
(2) Online license school,
			 which offers a course of study via the internet, that is the content equivalent
			 of the classroom instruction offered by a class "D" school.
(3) CDL license school, which offers
			 instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles, including theory and
			 behind-the-wheel training.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-05 - Applications and renewal of licenses for instructors and training managers

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) 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 instructor's license issued by the director.
			 No authorizing official or training manager 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.
(B)
								Class "D"
			 instructor licenses are issued by the director in one of three types:
(1)
									Class "D"
			 instructors are non-restricted licensed instructors who teach any part of the
			 curriculum, including classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction in the
			 operation of a passenger vehicle.
(2)
									Classroom-restricted class "D" instructors are licensed
			 instructors who may only teach driver knowledge in the classroom or via virtual
			 classroom in the operation of a passenger vehicle.
(3)
									Behind-the-wheel-restricted class "D" instructors are
			 licensed instructors who may only instruct students behind the wheel of a
			 vehicle in the operation of a passenger vehicle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-08 - Insurance and bonding

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except for a driver training school
			 providing only online instruction, the authorizing official shall maintain
			 financial responsibility for the operation of all motor vehicles used for
			 instruction as specified in Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code. Such insurance
			 coverage shall be acquired from a company licensed to do business in this state
			 and  be maintained as long as the
			 driver training enterprise is operating a driver training school. Proof of the
			 insurance coverage required by this rule shall be maintained
			  with all motor
			 vehicles used for instruction.
(B)
								
								For a
			 class "D"
								 driver training school
			 ,
			 insurance coverage shall be maintained in the following minimum limits as
			 provided in either paragraph (B)(1) or (B)(2) of this rule:
(1)
(a) One hundred thousand dollars for bodily
			 injury to or death of one person in any one crash;
(b) Three hundred thousand dollars for bodily
			 injury to or death of two or more persons in any one crash;
(c) Twenty-five thousand dollars for injury
			 to property of others in any one crash;
(d) Five thousand dollars medical payments
			 for each occupant;
(e) Uninsured
			 motorist coverage at least equal to the bodily injury coverage required in
			 paragraphs (B)(1)(a) and (B)(1)(b) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-11 - Certificates

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) The
			 director shall supply and maintain record of the
			 certificates as required by division (E)(2) of section
			 4508.02
								and division (A) of section
			 4508.10
								 of the Revised Code.
								 This record will include the name of
			 the enterprise and the date the certificates were supplied. The certificates
			 will be supplied to a licensed 
			 enterprise. Certificates are non-transferrable to
								 any other enterprise. No authorizing
			 official or training manager shall issue a certificate before the student had
			 completed all required training.
(1) Online enterprises
			 shall issue a "Certificate of Completion of an Online Driver Education Program"
			 for a student who has successfully completed the online driver education
			 program. Successful completion
			 includes the student completing every module and passing the final
			 examination of the online driver education program.
(2)
									Except for CDL
			 and online enterprises, driver training enterprises shall issue a "Certificate
			 of Completion" to a beginning driver who is under the age of eighteen and who
			 has successfully completed the classroom, or equivalent program of instruction
			 with an online provider and the behind-the-wheel training required by division
			 (C) of section
			 4508.02
			 of the Revised Code.
(3)
									For a CDL enterprise, certificate information shall be
			 logged via the enterprise through an on-line system managed by the department.
			 The authorizing official or training manager issues a "Certificate of
			 Completion" to each out-of-state student completing the program as prescribed
			 in paragraphs (L) and/or (M) of rule
			 4501-7-28
			 of the Administrative Code, whichever are applicable. The "Certificate of
			 Completion" shall be logged and printed by the enterprise through an on-line
			 system managed by the department.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-13 - Records maintained by a licensed driver training enterprise

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) Each licensed school shall
			 maintain student records for three years from the date the record was
			 finalized, regardless of whether the student has completed all
			 training.
(B) For a class "D" and
			 CDL licensed school, a distinct record shall be kept for classroom instruction,
			 and a distinct record shall be kept for behind-the-wheel training. These
			 records include:
(1) A record of the material
			 taught for each student in each training session, which includes:
(a) The student classroom and
			 behind-the-wheel records shall include the student's name and address; driver
			 license or permit number and, if applicable, its issuance date; the date of
			 each training session; and the actual starting time, break time, and the actual
			 ending time for each session the student completed;
(b) Each behind-the-wheel session notation
			 signed or initialed by the student and instructor, who provided the training,
			 after completion of the training. The record also includes the instructor's
			 license number for each session;
(c) The signature of the training manager or
			 instructor on the final record confirming all training has been successfully
			 completed;
(d) A record of each
			 training session administered by the school including the date, time, break
			 time, topic of instruction, instructor of record, and complete roster of the
			 students attending such session. In addition, for virtual classroom, a copy of
			 the student roster footprint showing each student's log in and log out
			 times;
(e) A copy of the student's
			 final examination;
(f) For a class
			 "D" student, a record of every student's proof of completion for instruction
			 obtained through an online provider in a manner prescribed by the
			 director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-16 - Safe operation of vehicles

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
To assure the safety and welfare of students and instructors
				when providing behind-the-wheel instruction, the driver training enterprise's
				authorizing officials, managers, and instructors shall assess all factors that
				affect driving conditions and shall take corrective action to ensure the
				continued safe operation of driver training vehicles. Officials, managers, and
				instructors shall evaluate road conditions, the environment, vehicle condition,
				road construction, traffic, weather, and any other factors that may affect the
				safe operation of a motor vehicle before and during any behind-the-wheel
				instruction.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-17 - Use of driver examination test routes prohibited

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No authorizing official or training
			 manager of a driver training enterprise or school shall use, or permit the
			 school's instructors to use, any driver test routes or sites of a driver
			 license examination station for instruction during the hours the examining
			 station is open for business.
(B)
			 No driver training instructor shall use any driver test routes or sites of a
			 driver license examination station for instruction during the hours that the
			 examining station is open for business.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-18 - Advertising and soliciting business

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A driver training enterprise shall not
			 use any name other than its licensed name for advertising or publicity
			 purposes, nor shall a driver training enterprise advertise or imply it is
			 supervised, recommended, or endorsed by the director, the department, or the
			 state highway patrol.
(B) A driver
			 training enterprise shall not advertise or imply that it is endorsed or
			 sanctioned by any organization unless such endorsement or sanction is
			 maintained on file in written form at the school office and can be produced
			 upon demand of any person.
(C) No
			 person shall advertise in any manner a driver training instruction course prior
			 to being licensed as a driver training school.
(D) Advertisements shall not list program
			 information or offer discounts that are inaccurate or not available during the
			 time that the advertisement is valid.
(E) Advertisements shall not include any
			 erroneous, misleading, or false information.
(F) Advertisements posted in classified
			 sections of any published media shall not state that a position of employment
			 shall result from the training received. This rule shall not limit the ability
			 of a driver training enterprise to solicit employees for the driver training
			 enterprise itself.
(G) No driver
			 training enterprise shall solicit or advertise for business at or in the
			 immediate area used by patrons of any office used for conducting driver license
			 examinations. The use of an enterprise's licensed name on its motor vehicles or
			 place of business shall not be construed as advertising or soliciting under
			 this rule.
(H) No driver training
			 enterprise shall solicit or advertise for business without supplying its name
			 and the location where training is conducted.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-19 - Prohibition of guarantees by a licensed school

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person associated with a driver training enterprise shall
				assert or imply that the person or the enterprise will guarantee a license to
				operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle,
				whichever is applicable, as a result of the training received. No person
				associated with a driver training enterprise shall assert or imply that the
				enterprise will guarantee employment in the operation of a motor vehicle upon
				completion of the course, nor shall any person associated with the enterprise
				assert that the enterprise will guarantee that the student will pass the state
				examinations in the operation of motor vehicles.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-20 - Inspections and investigations of licensed driver training schools

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Every place
			 used as an office, range, or classroom by a
			 driver training enterprise, except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule,
			 shall be subject to inspection and/or investigation by the director during
			 reasonable hours. Inspections and investigations may include, but are not
			 limited to, any and all records, facilities, classroom instruction,
			 virtual classroom instruction, behind-the-wheel
			 instruction, and vehicles used for behind-the-wheel instruction. The
			 enterprise's authorizing official or the school's training manager shall make
			 school records, student records, vehicles, and facilities required by this
			 chapter available to the director for inspection. The training manager or
			 authorizing official shall, upon the director's request, produce records for
			 copying. Such records shall be promptly returned to the school.
(B) An online enterprise shall be subject to
			 inspections and/or investigations by the director during reasonable hours.
			 Inspections and investigations may include, but are not limited to, all student
			 records, training modules, information technology infrastructure, security
			 measures and other aspects of the online driver education program. The director
			 may inspect and/or investigate supporting documentation to include access to
			 computer logs related to the inspection and/or investigation. If the technical
			 support, application server host, or data storage facilities are located
			 outside the state of Ohio, the authorizing official shall submit, upon request
			 of the director, a report encompassing the rules of this chapter to meet the
			 requirements in lieu of a state-conducted inspection and/or investigation of
			 technical support, application server host, or data storage facilities. The
			 authorizing official shall make school and student records required by this
			 chapter available to the director online, in a passwordprotected environment,
			 upon request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-21 - The director may take action against a license of a class "D" or online school, training manager, online instructor or instructor

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) The
			 director may reject any application or the "renewal requirements" for license
			 when the director determines the applicant may have violated any of the
			 provisions of Chapter 4501-7 of the Administrative Code or Chapter 4508. of the
			 Revised Code.
(B) When the director
			 has rejected an application or the "renewal requirements" for a license, or
			 when the director determines that a licensee may have violated any of the
			 provisions of Chapter 4501-7 of the Administrative Code or Chapter 4508. of the
			 Revised Code, the applicant shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing in
			 accordance with sections
			 119.01
			 to
			 119.13
			 of the Revised Code.
(C) The
			 director may reprimand, deny, suspend, revoke, or place on probationary status
			 the license of any driver training school, training manager, or instructor when
			 the director determines that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the
			 provisions of Chapter 4501-7 of the Administrative Code or Chapter 4508. of the
			 Revised Code.
(D) The director may
			 reprimand, deny, suspend, revoke, or place on probationary status the license
			 of any driver training enterprise if the enterprise fails to pay for the fees
			 and fines owed to the department, as set forth in Chapter 4501-7 of the
			 Administrative Code and Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code.
(E) The director may immediately suspend a
			 driver training instructor or training manager license without a prior hearing
			 if the director believes there exists clear and convincing evidence of any
			 conduct, as specified in division (B) of section 
									4508.06
								 of the Revised Code, committed by the instructor or training
			 manager.
(F) The director may
			 immediately suspend a driver training school license without a prior hearing if
			 the director believes there exists clear and convincing evidence of any conduct
			 or risk as specified in division (C) of section 
									4508.06
								 of the Revised Code.
(G) The
			 director, in accordance with section
			 119.07
			 of the Revised Code, shall issue a written order of suspension and provide the
			 opportunity for a hearing for a driver training instructor, training manager,
			 or driver training school.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-28 - Training required for the operation of commercial 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) Enterprises training
			 drivers in the operation of commercial motor vehicles shall provide theory
			 instruction and behind-the-wheel instruction in the operation of commercial
			 motor vehicles. A CDL licensed school may offer instruction in class "A"
			 instruction, class "B" instruction, or both.
(B) Students shall be taught and supervised
			 by a licensed instructor. Instructors shall act only under the authority and
			 guidance of a licensed driver training enterprise. Instructors shall carry on them proper identification to
			 prove valid licensure and provide such proof upon request. Proper
			 identification includes:
(1)
									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
(2)
									The instructor's
			 current and valid department issued instructor license if the department issued
			 license contains the instructor's photo printed on it.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-29 - CDL school training agreements

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A written agreement shall be established
			 between the student and the driver training enterprise prior to the start of
			 any training. Verbal agreements are prohibited.
(B)
								An enterprise may
			 contract with a student to provide the theory portion of training,
			 behind-the-wheel training, or both. The student shall complete the hours of
			 training per the contract with the enterprise and may not complete partial at
			 another school unless mitigating circumstances occur. To contract for the
			 behind-the-wheel training, the student provides the enterprise with proof of
			 theory completion.
(C) All written
			 agreements  contain the following:
(1) The full address where the
			  instruction will be given.
			 For virtual classroom, this includes the website and
			 requirements to access the course.
(2) Classification of vehicle and type of
			 training being provided.
(3) All
			 charges for the training course stated clearly.
(4) A statement as to whether the use of an
			 enterprise-owned vehicle for the license examination is included in the
			 charges, and if not included, any additional charge for this service.
(5) The number of classroom instruction hours
			 to be provided, if applicable.
(6) The number of behind-the-wheel
			 instruction hours to be provided, if
			 applicable.
(7) The signature
			 of an authorizing official, training manager, or instructor and the date such
			 signature was made.
(8) The
			 signature of the student and the date each signature was made.
(9) A declaration of the date by which the
			 complete program of training will be made available to the student. This date
			 is no
			 more that two hundred seventy days from the date the driver training
			 begins.
(10) The statement, "Driver
			 training schools are licensed by the Department of Public Safety through the
			 Driver Training Program Office, 1970 West Broad
			 Street, Columbus, Ohio 43223."
(11)
			 A declaration of the conditions under which refunds may be made. If refunds are
			 not made, the agreement shall clearly state that the enterprise makes no
			 refunds.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-38 - Process for armed forces applications

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 (SS) of rule
				4501-7-01 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) The driver
			 training program office tracks and monitors
			 "Driver Training Instructor Applications" and "renewal requirements" that have
			 been received from veterans or members of the armed forces and/or spouses or
			 surviving spouses of veterans or members of the armed forces.
(B) The department prioritizes and expedites
			 completed "Driver Training Instructor Applications" and "renewal requirements"
			 for veterans and members of the armed forces, and spouses or surviving spouses
			 of veterans or members of the armed forces within two business days of the
			 receipt of a completed "Driver Training Instructor Application" or "renewal
			 requirements." An application 
								is considered complete only when all requirements
			 as set forth in rule
			 4501-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code, 
			 are met and the documentation as required in paragraph (C) of this rule has
			 been provided to the department.
(C) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant
			 or applicant's spouse is a veteran or member of the armed forces includes the
			 applicant's official military identification card, official DD-214 separation
			 document, or other official military documentation approved by the director of
			 the department. A marriage certificate may be required, in addition to evidence
			 of status as a veteran or member of the armed forces, if the applicant is the
			 spouse of a veteran or member of the armed forces.
(D) In order to expedite the processing of
			 applications and renewals, especially for individuals facing imminent
			 deployment, the department shall accept necessary information in support of the
			 applications by electronic and other appropriate means.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-02 - Place of business

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each driver training enterprise offering
			 the abbreviated adult driver training course shall maintain an established
			 place of business that is owned and operated by that enterprise.
(1)
			 Except for an online school, each driver training enterprise offering an
			 abbreviated adult driver training course in the
			 classroom shall maintain at least one fixed geographical location at
			 which a school is operated and at least one classroom where training is
			 conducted.
(a) Any facility used for an
			 abbreviated adult driver training course shall be inspected and approved prior
			 to its use as a school.
(b) The use
			 of a mobile or modular structure as an abbreviated adult driver training school
			 shall be prohibited unless the structure is installed on a permanent
			 foundation.
(c) The place of
			 business shall only be occupied by the abbreviated adult driver training school
			 during times of classroom instruction.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-04 - Application for and renewal of an abbreviated adult driver training school and online license

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 establish a driver training enterprise or allow such an enterprise
			 to continue unless the authorizing official first applies for and obtains from
			 the director a license for a driver training school. The authorizing official
			 shall ensure the driver training school, its business enterprise, and its
			 instructors, online instructors and adult training coordinators operate in
			 compliance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code and Chapter 4501-8 of the
			 Administrative Code, as well as all other applicable local, state, and federal
			 laws.
(B) No driver training
			 enterprise may share the same name as any other driver training enterprise
			 unless the same person owns both.
(C) The director issues driver training
			 school licenses. An authorizing official may apply for one or both of the
			 following types of driver training school licenses:
(1) Abbreviated adult school, which offers
			 traditional classroom and/or virtual classroom
			 instruction and behind-the-wheel training that complies with requirements of
			 division (F) of section
			 4508.02
			 of the Revised Code;
(2) Online
			 abbreviated adult school license, which offers a course of study via the
			 internet, that is the content equivalent of the classroom instruction offered
			 by an
			 abbreviated adult driver training school.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-08 - Financial responsibility

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except for a driver training school
			 providing only online instruction, the authorizing official shall maintain
			 financial responsibility for the operation of all motor vehicles used for
			 instruction as specified in Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code. Such insurance
			 coverage shall be acquired from a company licensed to do business in this
			 state
								and be maintained as long as the driver training
			 enterprise is operating a driver training school. Proof of the insurance
			 coverage required by this rule shall be maintained  with all motor vehicles
			 used for instruction.
(B) Except for a
			 driver training school providing only online instruction, insurance coverage
			 shall be maintained in the following minimum limits as provided in either
			 paragraph (B)(1) or (B)(2) of this rule:
(1)
(a) One
			 hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury to or death of one person in any one
			 crash;
(b) Three hundred thousand
			 dollars for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one
			 crash;
(c) Twenty-five thousand
			 dollars for injury to property of other in any one crash;
(d) Five thousand dollars medial payment for
			 each occupant;
(e) Uninsured
			 motorist coverage at least equal to the bodily injury coverage required in
			 paragraphs (B)(1)(a) and (B)(1)(b) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-09 - Course requirements

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)
			 Abbreviated adult courses for beginning drivers, who are at least eighteen
			 years of age and older, may be offered in three categories:
(1) Four hours of classroom equivalent
			 training offered via the internet through a licensed online enterprise;
			 or
(2) Four hours of classroom
			 or virtual classroom instruction offered through
			 an abbreviated adult training course; or
(3) Four hours of classroom
			 , virtual classroom, or online instruction and
			 four hours of behind-the-wheel training.
(4) Those students electing only the courses
			 provided in paragraphs (A)(1) and (A) (2) of the Administrative Code will be
			 required to drive twenty-four hours, not to exceed four hours per day, with a
			 valid licensed driver. Such students 
			 submit to the registrar a signed "24-hour Affidavit" attesting that the student
			 has acquired a minimum of twenty-four hours of driving
			 experience.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-10 - Certificates of completion

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) The
			 director shall supply and maintain record of the
			 certificates as required by division (A) of section
			 4508.10
			 of the Revised Code . The
			 record will include the name of the enterprise and the date the certificates
			 were supplied. The certificates will be supplied to a licensed driver training
			 enterprise. Certificates are non-transferrable to
								 any other enterprise. No authorizing
			 official or training manager shall issue a certificate before the student had
			 completed all required training.
(1)
			 Online enterprises shall issue a "Certificate of Completion of an Online Adult
			 Program" to a student who has successfully completed four hours of online
			 instruction. 
									Successful completion includes the student
			 completing every module and passing the final examination of the online
			 abbreviated adult course.
(2)
			 Except for online enterprises, an abbreviated adult course enterprise shall
			 issue a "Certificate of Completion" or a "Certificate of Classroom Completion"
			 to a student who is at least eighteen years of age and who has successfully
			 completed the abbreviated adult course required by division (F) of section
			 4508.02
			 of the Revised Code.
(a) A "Certificate of
			 Completion" is issued to students who have completed both the classroom and
			 behind-the-wheel training with the abbreviated adult course
			 enterprise.
(b) "Certificate of
			 Classroom Completion" is issued to students who have completed only the
			 classroom portion of the abbreviated adult training course with an abbreviated
			 adult course enterprise.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-11 - Training agreements

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) A
			 signed written agreement shall be established between the student and the
			 driver training enterprise prior to the start of any training. Verbal
			 agreements are prohibited.
(B) All
			 written agreements  contain the
			 following:
(1)
									The
			 type of training the enterprise will provide;
(2) The full address
			 where the classroom instruction will be given, if
			 applicable. Online adult abbreviated courses shall use the office address
			 of the company and its website address;
(3) All charges for the
			 training course stated clearly;
(4) Policies for
			 dismissal of a student;
(5) Refund
			 policy;
(6) Except for an
			 online abbreviated adult course, a statement regarding the use of an
			 enterprise-owned vehicle for the license examination if included in the
			 charges, and if not included, any additional charge for this service;
(7)
			 The agreement shall state that the hours shall include four hours of
			 classroom, virtual, or online instruction based
			 upon the "Abbreviated Adult Course Curriculum."
(8) The agreement shall
			 state that, if elected by the student, that the four hours of behind-the-wheel
			 training is based upon the "Abbreviated Adult Course Curriculum."
(9) A
			 declaration of the date by which the complete program of training will be made
			 available to and completed by the student. This date shall be no more than
			 three months from the date the instruction begins.
(10)
									The statement,
			 "Driver training schools are licensed by the Department of Public Safety
			 through the Driver Training Program Office, 1970 West Broad Street, Columbus,
			 Ohio 43223."
(11) The signature of
			 the authorizing official, adult training coordinator, or instructor and the
			 date such signature was made.
(12) The signature of
			 the student and the date such signature was obtained.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-12 - Required records

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)
								Each licensed school shall maintain student records for
			 three years from the date the record was finalized, regardless of whether the
			 student has completed all training.
(1)
									For an abbreviated adult course offering classroom,
			 virtual classroom, and behind-the-wheel instruction, a record of the material
			 taught for each student in each training session, regardless of whether the
			 student has completed all training. A distinct record shall be kept for the
			 classroom instruction, and a distinct record shall be kept for behind-the-wheel
			 training, if applicable. These records include:
(a)
										The student
			 classroom and behind-the-wheel records include the student's name and address;
			 driver license or permit number and, if applicable, its issuance date, the date
			 of each training session, the actual starting time, break time, and the actual
			 ending time for each session the student completed;
(b)
										Each
			 behind-the-wheel session notation signed or initialed by the student and
			 instructor, who provided the training, after completion of the training. The
			 record also includes the instructor's license number for each
			 session;
(c)
										A record of the on-road evaluation performed for the
			 student. The evaluation includes the date of evaluation, signature and license
			 number of the instructor evaluating the student, and the student's
			 initials;
(d)
										A record of the "Certificate of Completion" or
			 "Certificate of Classroom Completion," whichever is applicable, issued
			 including its number and the date of issue;
(e)
										A complete roster
			 of students attending each classroom session. The roster includes the name of
			 the school, date, time, break time, topic of instruction, and instructor of
			 record;
(f)
										A record of the student's examination of knowledge
			 required by rule
			 4501-8-09 of
			 the Administrative Code;
(g)
										A copy of the training agreement between the enterprise
			 and each student trained;
(h)
										The "Certificate of Completion of an Online Adult
			 Program" for those students who took an online abbreviated adult course and
			 have elected to receive behind-the-wheel instruction;
(i)
										If applicable,
			 the "Request for Duplicate Certificate" for each duplicate certificate
			 issued.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-14 - Safe operation of vehicles

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
To assure the safety and welfare of
				students and instructors when providing behind-the-wheel instruction, the
				driver training enterprise's authorizing officials, coordinators, and
				instructors shall assess all factors that affect driving conditions and shall
				take corrective action to ensure the continued safe operation of driver
				training vehicles. Officials, coordinators, and instructors shall evaluate road
				conditions, the environment, vehicle condition, road construction, traffic,
				weather, and any other factors that may affect the safe operation of a motor
				vehicle before and during any behind-the-wheel instruction.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-15 - Use of driver examination test routes

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								No authorizing
			 official or adult training coordinator of a driver training enterprise or
			 school shall use, or permit the school's instructors to use, any driver test
			 routes or sites of a driver license examination station for instruction during
			 the hours the examining station is open for business.
(B)
								No driver
			 training instructor shall use any driver test routes or sites of a driver
			 license examination station for instruction during the hours that the examining
			 station is open for business.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-16 - Advertising and soliciting business

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A driver training
			 enterprise shall not use any name other than its licensed name for advertising
			 or publicity purposes, nor shall a driver training enterprise advertise or
			 imply it is supervised, recommended, or endorsed by the director, the
			 department, or the state highway patrol.
(B)
								A driver training
			 enterprise shall not advertise or imply that it is endorsed or sanctioned by
			 any organization unless such endorsement or sanction is maintained on file in
			 written form at the school office and can be produced upon demand of any
			 person.
(C)
								No person shall advertise in any manner an abbreviated
			 adult course prior to being licensed as a driver training
			 school.
(D)
								Advertisements shall not list program information or
			 offer discounts that are inaccurate or not available during the time that the
			 advertisement is valid.
(E)
								Advertisements shall not include any erroneous,
			 misleading, or false information.
(F)
								Advertisements
			 posted in classified sections of any published media shall not state that a
			 position of employment shall result from the training received. This rule shall
			 not limit the ability of a driver training enterprise to solicit employees for
			 the driver training enterprise itself.
(G)
								No driver
			 training enterprise shall solicit or advertise for business at or in the
			 immediate area used by patrons of any office used for conducting driver license
			 examinations. The use of an enterprise's licensed name on its motor vehicles or
			 place of business shall not be construed as advertising or soliciting under
			 this rule.
(H)
								No driver training enterprise shall solicit or
			 advertise for business without supplying its name and the location where
			 training is conducted.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.02