Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-5-14 - Motorcycle instruction
(a)
(1) Motorcycle instruction shall be offered
only to students who are 15 years of age or older and either have completed an
approved course in driver education or hold a valid motor vehicle operator's
license. Each course shall include a minimum of 20 hours of instruction, which
shall include no fewer than eight hours of classroom instruction and an average
of no fewer than six hours of behind-the-bar instruction per student. If
on-street driving instruction is provided, the instruction shall not exceed one
hour per day, except that one instructional period in each program may be
extended to a maximum of two hours.
(2) Instructors of an approved motorcycle
course shall hold a motorcycle instructor permit or a chief instructor permit.
(3) Students shall successfully
complete all phases of an approved motorcycle education course to be eligible
for the division of vehicles' certification of completion.
(4) No program shall have more than 12
students per instructor for off-street instruction or more than six students
per instructor for on-street instruction.
(5) If on-street instruction is provided,
during this instruction each student shall wear a bright orange or yellow
riding vest inscribed with the words "student driver."
(6) All programs meeting the requirements for
an approved course shall be eligible for reimbursement through the motorcycle
safety fund.
(b)
Qualifications for motorcycle instructor and chief instructor permits; duration
of permits; renewals.
(1) A person shall be
issued a motorcycle instructor permit if the person meets the following
qualifications:
(A) Has a valid driver's
license with a motorcycle endorsement;
(B) is at least 18 years of age;
(C) has no more than two moving traffic
violations within two years of the date of application for a permit;
(D) has no conviction of any of the traffic
violations specified in
K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto;
(E) has successfully completed a beginning
rider's course approved by the state board; and
(F) has successfully completed a 60-hour
instructor's course approved by the state board.
(2) A person shall be issued a chief
instructor permit if the person meets the following require-ments:
(A) Has a valid driver's license with a
motorcycle endorsement;
(B) is at
least 21 years of age;
(C) has no
more than two moving traffic violations within two years of the date of
application for a permit;
(D) has
no conviction of any of the traffic violations specified in
K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto;
(E) has successfully completed a chief
instructor's course approved by the state board; and
(F) has taught three beginning rider's
courses within two years of the date of application.
(3) Each motorcycle instructor permit and
each chief instructor permit shall be valid for three years, unless the person
holding the permit has either of the following:
(A) Two or more moving traffic violations
during the validity period of the permit; or
(B) a conviction of any of the crimes
specified in paragraph (b)(1)(D) of this regulation.
(4) Each motorcycle instructor and each chief
instructor may renew the permit if the instructor meets the following
requirements:
(A) Has taught at least one
beginning rider's course each year, if an instructor, or at least one
instructor's course during the past three years, if a chief instructor;
(B) has taught at least one
motorcycle riding course each year; and
(C) has no more than two moving traffic
violations within the past three years and no conviction of any of the traffic
violations specified in
K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto.
Notes
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