Version b
Driver training instructor licenses; educational requirements
Note: This version of section amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.88.
See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.210-2005,
SEC.55.
Sec. 5.5. (a) To receive an instructor's license under subsection
(d), an individual must complete at least sixty (60) semester hours at
a college. The individual must complete at least twelve (12) semester
hours in driver education courses, of which three (3) semester hours
must consist of supervised student teaching experience under the
direction of an individual who has:
(1) a driver and traffic safety education endorsement issued by
the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1; and
(2) at least five (5) years of teaching experience in driver
education.
(b) The three (3) semester hours of supervised student teaching
experience required under subsection (a) may only be undertaken by
an individual who will be at least twenty-one (21) years of age upon
completion and may only be performed at a high school, a
commercial driving school, or the college providing the courses for
the individual to become an instructor. The remaining nine (9) hours
of driver education courses required under subsection (a) 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 required under subsection
(a) 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) completes the twelve (12) semester hours of driver
education courses required under subsection (a) 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 department of education established by
IC 20-19-3-1; 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.246-2005, SEC.88.
Last modified: May 27, 2006