Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-21 - Remedial Driving Courses › Section 4501-21-05 - Application for and renewal of remedial driving course approval

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
				4501-21-17
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) No
			 person shall establish a remedial driving course or allow such course to
			 continue unless the authorizing official first applies for and obtains from the
			 director of public safety approval for a remedial driving course. The
			 authorizing official is responsible to ensure the remedial driving course
			 enterprise is in compliance with sections
			 4510.037
			 and
			 4510.038
			 of the Revised Code and Chapter 4501-21 of the Administrative Code or in the
			 case of a juvenile remedial driving course or an advanced juvenile driver
			 improvement program, sections
			 4510.31
			 and
			 4510.311
			 of the Revised Code and Chapter 4501-21 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)
								A remedial
			 driving course enterprise  may share the same name as
			 another remedial driving course enterprise
			 if the
			 same person owns both. The enterprise name shall be registered with the
			 secretary of state.
(C)
								Each authorizing official applying for a remedial
			 driving course approval submits the "Remedial Course Provider Application" to
			 the department.Each application for an original
			 remedial driving course approval includes:
(1) The "Remedial Course Provider
			 Application";
(2) Proof of legal
			 occupancy for each remedial driving course school.
			 For an online adult remedial school or virtual remedial
			 school, proof of legal occupancy for the enterprise office. The proof
			 includes the parties with whom the agreement is made,
			 address of the property for which the agreement is made, monetary
			 consideration, even if none, and term of the agreement. The signatures and date
			 of signatures shall be included.
(3) Proof of a fire inspection for each
			 school location or office, whichever is
			 applicable, that is compliant with all applicable local, state and
			 federal laws. The inspection shall have been performed no more than one year
			 from the date the "Remedial Course Provider Application" was
			 received.
(4) The "List of
			 Personnel Used by the Enterprise";
(5) Criminal background checks of the
			 authorizing official and owner
									that are
			 dated not more than ninety days prior to the date the "Remedial Course Provider
			 Application" is received by the director. The criminal background checks
			  include:
(a) A state level check, which includes
			 information maintained by the bureau of criminal identification and
			 investigation, or a similar government agency from the resident state of the
			 authorizing official and/or owner; and
(b) A federal level check, provided by a
			 government agency, which includes information from Ohio and all other
			 states.
(6)
									Except for an online adult remedial course,
			 a copy of the course manager's
			 certificate of training showing the course manager has completed a remedial
			 training course approved by the director. For an advanced juvenile driver
			 training program, a copy of the chief instructor's certificate showing
			  he or she has completed a chief
			 instructor's training course approved by the director;
(7) Certification that the authorizing
			 official will operate the remedial driving course enterprise in compliance with
			 all applicable local, state, and federal laws;
(8) Proof of eligibility to provide training:
(a) For the adult remedial course, a copy of
			 the certificate of the training from an organization on the list of approved
			 curriculum providers, which is available on the driver training web page at
http://www.drivertraining.ohio.gov/schools.htm
,
			 or a copy of a proposed curriculum for review and approval as provided in rule
			 4501-21-06 of
			 the Administrative Code;
(b) For
			 the juvenile remedial driving course, as provided in rules
			 4501-21-06 and
			 4501-21-13 of the
			 Administrative Code, a copy of the certificate of completion for training in
			 the curriculum provided by the department;
(c) For the advanced juvenile driver
			 improvement program, a copy of the certificate of the training from an
			 organization on the list of approved curriculum providers, which is available
			 on the driver training web page at
http://www.drivertraining.ohio.gov/schools.htm
,
			 or a copy of a proposed curriculum for review and approval as provided in rule
			 4501-21-06 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(d)
										For an online adult remedial course, the complete
			 online adult remedial course in written format and include full access to the
			 proposed internet based website or portal for review. The online adult remedial
			 course may be approved once the online course has met an "Acceptable" rating
			 for all requirements as set forth in the "Minimum Standards for an Online Adult
			 Remedial Course."
(9) A copy of the performance bond or
			 evidence of an escrow account as required in rule
			 4501-21-07
			 of the Administrative Code;
(10)
									Except for an online adult remedial course,
			 copies of the following forms:
(a) "Remedial Student Report Form";
(b) An enrollment contract; and
(c) The course evaluation form.
(11) For an
			 online adult remedial driving course enterprise
			 that includes partial technology-based method(s)
			 training for students, the enterprise develops and
			 implements
									 procedures for obtaining and verifying successful student
			 completion of the portion of the course completed by the student through the
			 technology-based method(s). If a proposal is submitted
			 that includes separate technology-based method(s) and classroom providers, then
			 the proposal includes a plan for the online provider to transfer the student
			 completion data directly to the classroom course provider.