Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-7 - Commercial Driver Training Schools › Section 4501-7-09 - Driver education

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.]
Driver education courses for beginning drivers, who are between
				fifteen years and five months of age and eighteen years of age, may be
				delivered in a classroom,
								 via virtual
				instruction, or an online program to satisfy the requirements as provided
				for in division (C) of section
				4508.02
				of the Revised Code.
(A) The following
			 requirements are the responsibility of all driver education
			 schools, instructors, and training managers, as
			 applicable, who provide instruction to beginning drivers who are between the
			 ages of fifteen years and five months and eighteen years of age.
(1) No student will be accepted for driver
			 education before attaining the age of fifteen years and five months without
			 approval from the director;
(2) The
			 program shall be based on the principles of and cover, at a minimum, the body
			 of knowledge contained in the "Ohio Driver Training Curriculum." The program
			 includes no less than twenty-four hours of driver
			 education;
(3) The instruction
			 consists of no less than sixty minutes of instruction
			 for each hour credited toward completion of the required training;
(4) The instruction
			 includes dissemination of materials regarding
			 anatomical gifts and anatomical gift procedures as specified in section
			 4508.021
			 of the Revised Code that are created or approved by the second chance trust
			 fund advisory committee created under section
			 2108.17
			 of the Revised Code;
(5) The
			 instruction includes the dangers of driving a motor vehicle while
			 using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a
			 text-based communication;
(6) It
			 shall be the responsibility of the driver training enterprise offering the
			 driver education instruction to determine each student's successful completion
			 by means of a comprehensive final examination, as
			 prescribed by the director, measuring driver knowledge.
(a) No student being tested shall be
			 permitted to refer to any materials that may contain answers to the questions
			 thereon;
(b)
			 The student shall answer seventy-five per cent or more of the questions
			 comprising the final examination correctly in order to constitute a successful
			 completion of the driver education course. If a student fails the exam, the
			 student may be offered no more than two additional opportunities to pass
			 without further education. Students may not be provided a final examination
			 less than twenty-four hours from the last attempt;
(7) Not more than nine hours nor fewer than
			 three hours of driver education shall be devoted to showing educational videos,
			 slides or films that relate to driver training. No videos, slides or films, or
			 activities unrelated to safe driving practices, driver knowledge, or driver
			 skill shall be used;
(8) All
			 training as required in this rule and rule
			 4501-7-10
			 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 as "mitigating" shall be requested through the department. If no
			 mitigating circumstances are approved, training will be voided and the student
			 shall re-take the training.