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Driver training instructor licenses; educational requirements
Note: This version of section amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.55.
See also following version of this section amended by P.L.246-2005,
SEC.88.
Sec. 5.5. (a) To be eligible for an instructor's license under
subsection (d), an individual must complete at least sixty (60)
semester hours at a college. The individual must:
(1) complete at least nine (9) semester hours in driver education
courses; and
(2) be at least twenty-one (21) years of age upon completion of
the driver education courses required by subdivision (1).
(b) The number of semester hours of driver education courses
required under subsection (a)(1) must include a combination of
theoretical and behind-the-wheel instruction that is consistent with
nationally accepted standards in traffic safety.
(c) The driver education semester hours completed under
subsection (a)(1) do not satisfy the requirements of subsection (d) or
(e) unless the driver education curriculum is approved by the
commission for higher education.
(d) The bureau shall issue an instructor's license to an individual
who satisfies all of the following:
(1) The individual meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(2) The individual does not have more than the maximum
number of points for violating traffic laws specified by the
bureau by rules adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(3) The individual has a good moral character, physical
condition, knowledge of the rules of the road, and work history.
The bureau shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that specify the
requirements, including requirements about criminal
convictions, necessary to satisfy the conditions of this
subdivision.
(e) The bureau shall issue an instructor's license to an individual
who:
(1) during 1995, held an instructor's license;
(2) meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2) and (d)(3); and
(3) completed the number of semester hours of driver education
courses that were then required under subsection (a)(1) not later
than July 1, 1999.
However, an individual who has acted as an instructor for at least
two (2) years before January 1, 1996, is not required to complete the
requirements of subdivision (3) in order to receive an instructor's
license under this subsection.
(f) The bureau shall issue an instructor's license to an individual
who:
(1) holds a driver and traffic safety education endorsement
issued by the professional standards board established by
IC 20-28-2-1; and
(2) meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2) and (d)(3).
(g) Only an individual who holds an instructor's license issued by
the bureau under subsection (d), (e), or (f) may act as an instructor.
As added by P.L.87-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.111;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.55.
Last modified: May 27, 2006