North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 37 - Department of Transportation › Article 37-13 - Commercial Driver Training School Requirements › Chapter 37-13-01 - Definitions › Section 37-13-01-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In this article, unless the context or other subject matter
				  requires:
1. "Certificate of training"
				means a certification of training completion of a driving course through which
				the graduate has completed the driving course criteria listed in section 37-13-05-02, but the training did not include thirty hours of classroom
				required to meet the level of knowledge or skill to attain a certificate of
				course completion defined in section 37-13-05-02.
2. "Commercial driver training school" or
				"school" means a business enterprise conducted by a person for the education
				and training of individuals, either practically or theoretically, or both, to
				operate or drive a motor vehicle, and for which accepts consideration or
				charges tuition for the service.
3.
				"Contract" means a signed agreement between the commercial driver training
				school and a student, or in the event of a minor student, a parent or legal
				guardian, for classroom instruction, behind-the-wheel training, internet
				course, or any combination thereof. The contract must state the type of
				training being provided, to meet either a certificate of course completion or a
				certificate of training standard.
4. "Director" means the director of the North
				Dakota department of transportation, acting directly or through authorized
				agents.
5. "Internet course" means
				an electronic course of instruction as authorized in North Dakota Century Code
				section  39-06-01.1.
6. "Instructor"
				means an individual, whether acting on that individual's own behalf as an
				operator of a commercial driver training school or for a school for
				compensation, who teaches, conducts a class for, gives demonstrations to, or
				supervises practice of, an individual learning to operate or drive a motor
				vehicle.
7. "Lesson" means a
				continuous period of time during which instruction is given for the purpose of
				operating a motor vehicle whether by classroom instruction, practice driving,
				or internet course. A one-hour lesson means one hour of actual instruction.
				Lessons consisting of actual behind-the-wheel driving are not to exceed two
				continuous hours. A thirty minute break is required following every two
				continuous hours of training per day for an individual student, but not to
				exceed a total of four hours per day.
8. "Location" means a designated site at
				which the business of a commercial driver training school is transacted and its
				records are kept.
9. "Owner" means
				a person, including a partnership, a corporation, or other business entity,
				that has a vested interest in and control over a school.
10. "Safe mechanical condition" means the
				continual compliance with safety requirements of vehicles that are used to
				train students and have passed either a state safety inspection or a federal
				motor carrier safety administration inspection.
General Authority:
NDCC  28-32-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					  39-25-01