Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 14 - SCHOOL BUS SAFETY STANDARDS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
(1) Advertisement--Any
				  communication brought to the attention of the public by paid announcement or in
				  return for public recognition in connection with an event or offer or sale of a
				  product or service, except for a single-line listing of a school district name
				  and/or school or manufacturer logo approved by the department.
(2) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Public Safety.
(3) Director--The
				  director of the Texas Department of Public Safety or the designee of the
				  director.
(4) Enrollment
				  certificate--A valid provisional certificate issued by a training agency under
				  the authority of the director indicating a person has enrolled in the School
				  Bus Driver Safety Training Program as described in §
										14.36 of
				  this title (relating to Enrollment Certificates) and meets the requirements
				  designated therein.
(5) Medical
				  advisory board--The Medical Advisory Board of the Texas Department of State
				  Health Services.
(6) Medical
				  examiner--A person who is licensed, certified, and/or registered, in accordance
				  with applicable State laws and regulations, to perform physical examinations.
				  The term includes, but is not limited to, doctors of medicine, doctors of
				  osteopathy, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and doctors of
				  chiropractic.
(7) Multifunction
				  school activity bus--A motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with
				  the federal motor vehicle safety standards for school buses in effect on the
				  date of manufacture other than the standards requiring the bus to display
				  alternately flashing red lights and to be equipped with movable stop arms, and
				  that is used to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary students on a
				  school-related activity trip other than on routes to and from school. The term
				  does not include a school bus, a school activity bus, a school-chartered bus,
				  or a bus operated by a mass transit authority.
(8) School activity bus--A bus designed to
				  accommodate more than 15 passengers, including the operator, that is owned,
				  operated, rented, or leased by a school district, county school,
				  open-enrollment charter school, regional education service center, or shared
				  services arrangement and that is used to transport public school students on a
				  school-related activity trip, other than on routes to and from school. The term
				  does not include a chartered bus, a bus operated by a mass transit authority, a
				  school bus, or a multifunction school activity bus.
(9) School bus--A motor vehicle that was
				  manufactured in compliance with the federal motor vehicle safety standards for
				  school buses in effect on the date of manufacture and that is used to transport
				  pre-primary, primary, or secondary students on a route to or from school or on
				  a school-related activity trip other than on routes to and from school. The
				  term does not include a school-chartered bus or a bus operated by a mass
				  transit authority.
(10) School bus
				  driver--A driver transporting school children and/or school personnel on routes
				  to and from school or on a school-related activity trip while operating a
				  multifunction school activity bus, school activity bus, or school
				  bus.
(11) Training agency--The
				  twenty Regional Education Service Centers of the Texas Education Agency
				  approved by the department to teach the School Bus Driver Safety Training
				  Program.
(12) Training
				  certificate--A document issued under the authority of the director to a person
				  indicating successful completion of the School Bus Driver Safety Training
				  Program approved by the department.