Subpart 1.
Instructor license
application; duplicate license.
Application for a new license or for renewal of a license to
be an instructor in a commercial driver training school must be made on a
format prescribed by the commissioner.
A. The application for an instructor's
license must be signed by the applicant and the authorized official of the
commercial driver training school where the instructor is employed or is to be
employed.
B. The license is valid
only while the instructor is in the employment of the commercial driver
training school.
C. When the
employment of an instructor with the commercial driver training school is
terminated, the license of the instructor becomes invalid and must be
surrendered to the commissioner within ten days.
D. The authorized official of the commercial
driver training school shall notify the commissioner in writing within five
days of termination of a licensed instructor.
E. The commissioner shall issue a duplicate
license for employment at another licensed commercial driver training school if
the applicant continues to be qualified as an instructor.
F. If the instructor attests that the license
is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the commissioner shall issue a duplicate.
(1) The instructor shall attest to the date
the license was lost, mutilated, or destroyed and the circumstances involving
the loss, mutilation, or destruction of the license.
(2) The fee for issuing a duplicate
instructor's license is $5.
G. An instructor may be licensed at the same
time by separate commercial driver training schools if the applicant continues
to be qualified as an instructor and holds separate licenses for each
program.
H. When an instructor's
license has been expired over one year but less than three years, the testing
requirements shall consist of an evaluation by the commissioner of the teaching
methodologies for classroom, laboratory, or both, depending on the scope of
instruction, before relicensure.
Subp. 2.
Instructor license in
possession.
An instructor must be able to produce the department-issued
instructor license at the request of a peace officer, the commissioner, or an
officer authorized to enforce the laws relating to the operation of a motor
vehicle on public streets and highways.
Subp. 3.
Renewal of instructor
license.
An instructor license expires one year from the date issued
and may be renewed on application to the commissioner. Application for renewal
of the license must be submitted to the commissioner at least ten days before
expiration, but will not be accepted more than 30 days before the expiration
date.
Subp. 4.
Fees
payable to commissioner.
Fees for an original, renewal, duplicate, and replacement
instructor license must be made payable to the commissioner.
