Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 375-5-3-.21 - General Regulations
(1) No license, certificate, or permit as
provided for by the Georgia Driver Training School License Act will be issued
to any applicant who has been convicted of any felony or any crime involving
violence, dishonesty, deceit, fraud, indecency or moral turpitude unless such
applicant has received a pardon and can produce evidence of such pardon to the
Department. When requested, each applicant will furnish a copy of the
disposition of any case.
(2) No
employee of the Department, nor any member of the immediate family of such an
employee, shall be connected in any manner with any driver training school
licensed by the Department.
(3) The
school shall agree to permit the Department to inspect the school and all
records or documents pertaining thereto during normal business hours, and the
Department shall have the right and privilege of reproducing such records or
documents, as it deems necessary. Normal business hours shall be 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. daily. One-hour flexibility in the time may be observed as long as
the school is opened eight (8) hours per day.
(4) The school must exhibit on each motor
vehicle registered by the Department for the purpose of driver instruction a
sign identifying the school by name. This identification may be painted on the
front, side or rear of the vehicle, in clearly legible block letters not less
than two (2) inches in size. If the identification is not painted on the rear
of the vehicle, a portable sign must be attached securely to the rear bumper or
to the top of the vehicle so that it is visible from the rear, provided that
such sign conforms to the above requirements. All road vehicles must have a DOT
number issued by the Department and must be readily readable from a distance of
fifty (50) feet.
(a) A sign must be visible
from the rear of the vehicle in clear legible block letters not less than two
(2) inches in size with the words STUDENT DRIVER.
(5) An owner, instructor, employee, or agent
of a commercial driver training school shall not imply, directly or indirectly,
to a student that his driver license will be obtained upon the completion of a
course of driving instruction by the school.
(6) It shall be the duty and responsibility
of the commercial driver training school, or its instructor or agent, to
determine that a student possesses a valid Georgia instructional permit for the
class of vehicle he or she is learning to operate before any on street driving
instruction is initiated.
(7) No
person shall perform any instructional duties as an owner or employee of any
commercial driver training school or branch thereof unless such person shall
meet the qualifications for an instructor as herein provided, and all
instructional personnel must possess a valid instructor's license issued by the
Department.
(8) The instructor's
license and the vehicle registration card issued by the Department must be
carried in the school vehicle at all times whenever driving instructions are
being given.
(9) No commercial
driver training school instructor, employee or agent will be permitted to
accompany any student into any office maintained and operated by the Department
for the purpose of administering driver license examinations or issuing driver
licenses.
(10) No commercial driver
training school instructor, employee or agent will be permitted to loiter in or
on the premises maintained by the Department for the purpose of administering
driver license examinations or issuing driver licenses.
(11) No commercial driver training school
instructor, employee or agent will be permitted to solicit any individual for
the purpose of enrolling such person in any course or service of the school
while on the premises or in any office or facility of the Department.
(12) No commercial driver training school
instructor, employee or agent will be permitted to use the premises or any
office or facility maintained by the Department to give driving instructions to
any student.
(13) No commercial
driver training school instructor, employee or agent shall be attired in any
uniform or clothing which would give the appearance of being a member or
employee of the Department.
(14)
Whenever any school or branch thereof shall be discontinued for any reason, the
license of such school or branch shall be surrendered to the Department
immediately.
(15) Whenever any
employee licensed by the Department is separated from such school for any
reason, the school shall notify the Department immediately in writing of such
separation, giving the name, license number, if applicable, and date of such
separation.
(16) No commercial
driver training school may sell, transfer, exchange, trade or otherwise dispose
of any contract, part of a contract, agreement or obligation by or between any
school and any student or instructor unless the school has obtained the written
consent of the student.
(17) No
student may sell, transfer, exchange, trade, or otherwise dispose of any
contract, part of a contract, agreement or obligation by or between the school
and any student and/or instructor, unless the student has obtained the written
consent of the school.
(18) All
commercial driving training schools must provide classroom, range and road
training and have proper equipment available for the students.
Notes
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