Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of
Rule 24.25.01 - RULES OF THE IDAHO DRIVING BUSINESSES LICENSURE BOARD
Section 24.25.01.102 - DRIVING BUSINESS - COURSE OF INSTRUCTION

01. In-Car Documentation. A business licensee must ensure that each listed vehicle contains documentation that identifies each student and the student's permit number. Permits will be given to the students following the successful completion of the course and used during the required graduate licensing process.

02. Maximum Daily Driving and Observation Time. Neither a business licensee nor an instructor licensee may permit an enrolled student to receive more than two (2) hours of behind-the-wheel driving time per day. Maximum observation time is two (2) hours per student, per day, and may be completed with a parent or legal guardian.

03. Grading Criteria. A business licensee may not permit a student to graduate from the business's driver education program unless the student has achieved an eighty percent (80%) or higher in each of the three (3) course areas described in Idaho Code § 54-5405(1) (a) -(c). The business licensee must utilize written grading criteria for each of the minimum components in the curriculum approved by the Board. Criteria may include student attitude and such other criteria as the driving business may deem appropriate. The business licensee must maintain records of the student's grades.

04. Driving Log. Each driving instructor must complete a log for each student's behind-the-wheel driving and each driving business licensee must ensure that its driving instructors complete the log. The log must include the student's name, birthdate, driving permit number, class date, instructor's name lesson objective, total instruction time, total observation time, final grade, and date the student passed.

05. Reporting. A business licensee will send student performance information as prescribed by the Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to the DMV no later than five (5) p.m. on the third business day following completion of the course.

06. Record Retention. The business licensee must maintain all logs and other records required under Rule 227 for at least three (3) years from date on which the student completes, or is no longer enrolled in, the business's driver education course. The business licensee may not release these records without written consent from the student and the student's parent or legal guardian. The Board and its agents, however, may inspect these records at any time.