Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-21 - Remedial Driving Courses › Section 4501-21-04 - Character and fitness

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any person connected in any manner with a
			 remedial driving course enterprise shall be of good character and reputation
			 and comply with all rules of this chapter.
(B) The conviction of any person connected in
			 any manner with a remedial driving course enterprise of any
			 disqualifying offense shall be grounds to deny issuing
			 or renewing approval or grounds for suspending or revoking a previously issued
			 approval.
(C) Every person
			 connected in any manner with a remedial driving course enterprise, shall
			 conduct himself or herself in a professional manner and shall comply with all
			 applicable state and federal laws which prohibit discrimination based upon
			 race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, handicap,
			 disability, ancestry or religion.
(D) The director may deny the issuance of
			 approval to any enterprise for which the applicant has had a driver training
			 school, driver training school manager, or driver training school instructor
			 license revoked or denied, or a remedial driving course approval revoked or
			 denied within the five years immediately preceding the current filing for an
			 application or renewal.
(E) No
			 remedial driving course manager, chief instructor or authorizing official shall
			 knowingly permit any course manager, chief instructor or instructor of the
			 enterprise who is not physically or mentally
			 sound to
			 instruct students or manage the course.
(F) A remedial driving course manager, chief
			 instructor or instructor shall notify the authorizing official of any remedial
			 driving course enterprise with which the person is affiliated of any injury,
			 any physical or mental impairment, or that the person is currently taking any
			 drug or medicine that may affect that instructor's or manager's ability to
			 effectively and safely instruct students or manage the course.
(G) No course manager, chief instructor or
			 authorizing official shall knowingly permit any course manager, chief
			 instructor or instructor of the enterprise to accept cash payments or gifts
			 from students. No instructor shall knowingly accept cash payments or gifts from
			 any student in a course, except on behalf of the remedial driving course
			 enterprise as payment for services.
(H) The authorizing official of a remedial
			 driving course enterprise shall notify the director in writing of legal action
			 that is filed against or by the enterprise, its officers, any owner, or any
			 instructor arising from the enterprise's failure to perform or to operate its
			 courses safely, within ten working days after the school, its officers, any
			 owner, or any instructor has commenced the legal action or has been served with
			 legal process. Included with the written notification, the enterprise shall
			 submit a file-marked copy of the petition or complaint that has been filed with
			 the court.