Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 129.08 - Rider education provider license

(1) RIDER EDUCATION PROVIDER LICENSE REQUIRED. No person may conduct a rider education course as part of the waiver of skills test program or the demerit point reduction program unless the person holds a rider education provider license issued by the department.

(2) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. To qualify for a rider education provider license, a person shall submit a complete application to the department and shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Hold all other licenses required by the state in which the person is located.

(b) Offer a basic rider course, a basic course for experienced riders, or both.

(c) Require students to be present for all sessions of a course used to obtain a skills test waiver or demerit point reduction.

(d) File an activity report at least annually, no later than December 31 of each year or within 30 days of course completion if filing within 30 days is required under s. Trans 129.15 (6). The report shall contain all of the following:

1. Each student's full name.

2. Each student's driver license number, date of birth, address, and phone number.

3. Course completion date.

4. The reason any individual student did not complete the course.

5. Each student's skills test waiver number or other identifying number as determined by the department.

6. The rider coach's name, department-assigned coach number, and curriculum provider rider coach number.

7. The rider education provider's identification number.

Note: Grant recipients who are rider education providers must file reports within 30 days of class completion. See s. Trans 129.15 (6).

(e) Allow only persons who are licensed as rider coaches under s. Trans 129.10 and have certification from the curriculum provider to teach classroom or range classes.

(f) Promptly input the student course completion information into the department's online driver education course information system in accordance with s. Trans 129.13 (1).

(3) ANNUAL REPORTS FILED ELECTRONICALLY. The report required under sub. (2) (d) shall be filed electronically or be made available in a manner specified by the department.

(4) CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION, OR DENIAL OF RIDER EDUCATION PROVIDER LICENSES.

(a) The department shall suspend and not renew a license if it finds that the licensee has engaged in any of the following:

1. False or misleading advertising.

2. Fraud.

3. Failure to meet standards set in this chapter.

4. Failure to follow department-approved curriculum.

5. Having an unsafe training facility.

6. Providing unsafe motorcycles for student or instructor use.

7. Guaranteeing the issuance of a license upon completion of the course.

8. The institution at which the program is offered closes or goes out of business.

9. Failure to permit or cooperate with audits, inspections, or reviews conducted under this chapter.

10. Permitting a person who does not hold a rider coach license or who is not certified by the curriculum provider to provide classroom or range instruction.

11. Failing to timely file reports under sub. (2) (d), s. Trans 129.13 (1), or s. Trans 129.15 (6).

12. Failing to issue course completion cards to riders as required by s. Trans 129.13.

(b) A rider education provider may be reauthorized after cancellation, suspension, or nonrenewal when all of the following conditions have been met:

1. Any period of cancellation or suspension has been completed.

2. The rider education provider submits an application for reinstatement of the suspended, cancelled, or nonrenewed license.

3. The department is satisfied that the conditions which led to the cancellation, suspension, or nonrenewal have been corrected or no longer exist.

(5) RIDER EDUCATION PROVIDER LICENSE EXPIRATION.

(a) A rider education provider's license shall be valid for the same period as the rider education provider's authorization to provide instruction issued by the curriculum provider.

(b) Authorizations that exist as of December 1, 2024, shall remain valid and considered as licenses issued under this chapter until reviewed by the department or until December 1, 2027, whichever occurs first. The department shall accept applications for renewal and review every applicant for the renewal of a license under this chapter to determine eligibility for licensing at least as frequently as the curriculum provider renews authorizations to provide instruction. The department may institute a method of selecting the date of review to establish a uniform rate of review.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 129.08

Cr. Register, January, 1998, No. 505, eff. 2-1-98; CR 04-132: am. (1) (d) 2. Register April 2005 No. 592, eff. 5-1-05; CR 07-084: am. (1) (a) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08. Amended by, CR 23-043: r. and recr. Register November 2024 No. 827, eff. 12-1-24; correction in (3), (4) (a) 11. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7, Stats., and correction in (4) (a) 11. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register November 25 No. 827, eff. 12/1/2024

A list of rider education providers and locations is available online at https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/motorcycles/mc-how-aply/training-loc.aspx.