Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2200 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Driver Services
2218 - Commercial Driver Training Schools (CDTS)
Preface
Section 2218-1.0 - CDTS Applications

Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 2218-1.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

No school shall be established nor any existing school shall continue unless it is licensed by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles. Applications for license shall be made on forms furnished by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

1.1 Applications shall include:

1.1.1 The name and address of the school, together with the name and address of the owner(s) of privately owned schools, or the name and address of the officers of an incorporated school;

1.1.2 Description of the course of instruction which will be offered:
1.1.2.1 Number of hours of classroom work;

1.1.2.2 Number of hours of behind-the-wheel instruction;

1.1.3 The place or places where such instruction shall be given;

1.1.4 Samples of all contracts to be used by the school;

1.1.5 Schedule of all fees and charges to be assessed students;

1.1.6 Evidence of financial responsibility as required by Section 7.2 of these regulations.

1.2 If an application is made by an individual, it must be signed and sworn to by such individual. In the case of a corporation or association, the application must be signed and sworn to by an officer thereof, and a list of all of the stockholders with their names and addresses submitted. In the case of a partnership, the application must be signed and sworn to by all partners. In all cases the signature of each officer or partner must be affixed where required on the application.

1.3 Each applicant, officer, partner or manager thereof, must submit fingerprint impressions on a form acceptable to the Director (standard fingerprint Form FD-258) before receiving approval of an original application. The Director may, in his discretion, require applicants for a renewal of a license to submit a fingerprint record, if they have not already done so.

1.4 The application must be fully completed including the names and addresses of all persons who desire to give instructions and, if the application, officer, partner or manager has ever used or has ever known by another name, such name or names must be listed on the application.

1.5 On an original application, a certified copy of certificate of assumed business name must be submitted in the event that the business name must be conducted under an assumed name. On a renewal application, such certificate must be submitted only in the event that the business is to be conducted under an assumed name different than the name under which the business was previously conducted.

1.6 Application shall be filed at the Division of Motor Vehicles, Office of the Director, P.O. Box 698, Dover, Delaware 19901, Attention: Commercial Driver Training Licensing Section.

1.7 Fees

1.7.1 Each original application for a license to conduct a commercial driver training school must be accompanied by an application fee of one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00) and an investigator fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to defray the cost of clerical work, investigations and like activities to the enforcement of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Licensing of Commercial Driver Training Schools and Instructors.

1.7.2 No license fee shall be refunded in the event that the license is rejected, suspended or revoked.

1.7.3 The fee for a renewal of a license shall be one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00) and must accompany the renewal application.

1.7.4 License fees shall be paid by money order, personal check or certified check payable to the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles and attached to the application form.

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