New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 5 - PUBLIC PROPERTY PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT › Part 3 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF STATE VEHICLES › Section 1.5.3.13 - DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Defensive driving course.
TSD will use the on-site instructor
				taught course material including the TSD online national safety council (NSC)
				defensive driving and safety curriculum (DDC). Agencies desiring to provide
				NSC/DDC training independent of TSD must request authorization to provide
				NSC/DDC instruction from the director or designee prior to commencing the
				utilization of any NSC/DDC tools or materials. In addition, the agencies must
				follow the curriculum approved by the director or designee prior to commencing
				the utilization of the proposed training tools. It is the responsibility of the
				proposing agency to incorporate all state of New Mexico TSD requirements into
				the defensive driving curriculum. All on-line courses are required to be
				reviewed and permission to utilize these courses must be approved by TSD
prior
to commencing use.
B.
Course availability.
TSD
				shall offer regularly scheduled defensive driving classes in Santa Fe and
				Albuquerque. This does not preclude TSD from offering these classes at the
				requesting agency's site. A state agency or state employee should contact the
				division for information about scheduled classes, locations, costs,
				registration, or scheduling of department trainings.
C.
Instructor certification.
To
				receive a certificate as a NSC/DDC Instructor, it is necessary to submit the
				written request to the director or designee for review and approval. This
				applies to employees who may have received a NSC/DDC instructor certification
				while under the employment of another governmental agency. All prospective
				instructors may attend the TSD instructed NSC/DDC - six (6) and four (4) hour
				classes; and, are required to teach one TSD six (6) hour course and one (1) TSD
				four (4) hour course under TSD supervision prior to receiving consideration of
				approval to teach. Instructors in good standing must complete the TSD
				certification process every two (2) years. TSD may choose to conduct
				instructor/class audits.
D.
Driver certification required.
All defensive driving certificates
				are valid for four (4) years. All authorized drivers of state vehicles must
				have a current TSD approved NSC defensive driving certificate in their
				possession while driving a state vehicle. TSD requires employees who seek to
				operate a state vehicle to provide proof of current certification. New
				employees must successfully take and pass the six (6) hour TSD prescribed NSC
				defensive driving class with a grade of eighty percent (80%) or better to
				become an authorized driver. If the new employee provides proof of NSC/DDC
				certification within two (2) years previous to the date of employment, at the
				discretion of the director or designee, the employee may only have to take the
				four (4) hour NSC/DDC, or the administrative use of state vehicles online
				certification course.
(1) If a state employee
				needs to operate a state vehicle in furtherance of state business but has not
				successfully completed the NSC defensive driving course, the state employee
				must register for the next available NSC defensive driving course, or the TSD
				online NSC/DDC. The employee's agency head or designee must submit a written
				request for a temporary waiver not to exceed thirty (30) days of the
				certification requirement from the director or designee. The waiver request
				shall include the state employee's name and New Mexico driver's license or an
				approved out-of-state driver's license number (accompanied by a valid
				out-of-state driving record), and the date the state employee is scheduled to
				attend the NSC defensive driving course. If approved, the director or designee
				will specify the term of the waiver. If the request is denied, the director or
				designee will specify in writing the reason for the denial within ten (10)
				working days of the date the waiver request is received by the division. Driver
				waivers cannot be renewed.
(2) If
				the state employee's certification has expired, the employee shall be required
				to successfully complete a six (6)-hour NSC/DDC certification class taught by
				an instructor or complete the TSD online NSC/DDC.