Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 84 - DRIVER EDUCATION AND SAFETY › Subchapter E - DRIVING SAFETY SCHOOLS, COURSE PROVIDERS AND INSTRUCTORS › Section 84.63 - Uniform Certificate of Course Completion for Driving Safety Course

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) For purposes of
				  this section, the term "certificate" refers to uniform certificates of course
				  completion issued by the department to driving safety providers in paper
				  format, and certificate numbers issued to driving safety providers for
				  inclusion on department-approved driving safety course certificate completion
				  forms.
(b) Driving safety provider
				  responsibilities. Providers are responsible for original and duplicate
				  certificates in accordance with this subsection. Each driving safety provider
				  must:
(1) submit a plan for the electronic
				  issuance of certificates for approval by the department prior to its
				  implementation;
(2) issue
				  certificates that comply with the design specifications approved by the
				  department;
(3) develop and
				  maintain a department-approved method for securing, issuing, and maintaining
				  original and duplicate certificates that, to the greatest extent possible,
				  prevents the unauthorized production or misuse of the certificates, and allows
				  for the recovery of lost data (electronic or otherwise) for such
				  certificates;
(4) issue
				  certificates only to students who have successfully completed all elements of
				  the provider's approved driving safety course;
(5) maintain secure files (electronic or
				  otherwise) with data pertaining to all certificates purchased from the
				  department, and must make available to the department, upon request, an
				  ascending numerical accounting record of the numbered certificates
				  issued;
(6) issue all original and
				  duplicate certificates using first-class or enhanced postage, equivalent
				  commercial delivery method, or a department-approved electronic issuance
				  method;
(7) sequentially number
				  original certificates from the block of numbers purchased from the
				  department;
(8) use certificates
				  only for the course for which the certificates were ordered from the
				  department;
(9) implement and
				  maintain methods for efficiently issuing original certificates so that issuance
				  of duplicate certificates is kept at a minimal rate;
(10) report all unaccounted original and
				  duplicate certificates or unissued certificates or duplicates to the department
				  within 15 business days of the discovery of the incident;
(11) conduct an investigation to determine
				  the circumstances surrounding the unaccounted items noted in paragraph (10),
				  and submit a report of the findings of the investigation, including
				  preventative measures for recurrence, to the department within thirty (30) days
				  of the discovery; and
(12) report
				  original and duplicate certificate data, by secure electronic transmission, to
				  the department within five (5) days of issuance using guidelines established
				  and provided by the department. The issue date indicated on the certificate
				  shall be the date the provider issues the certificate to the student.