Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 502 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
Chapter 10 - Driver Training
Section 502 KAR 10:060 - School advertising

Universal Citation: 502 KY Admin Regs Service 10:060

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024

RELATES TO: KRS 332.216

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 15A.160 and 332.216 authorize the department to establish administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS Chapter 332. This administrative regulation establishes the department's policy regarding advertising by driver training schools.

Section 1. A person shall not advertise a driver training school or driver training of any type in this state unless licensed by the department.

Section 2. A school shall not use any name other than its licensed name, and a school shall not advertise or imply that it is "supervised," "recommended," "endorsed," "accredited," or "approved" by the Kentucky State Police or the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A reference shall be made to past or present association with any police agency by any person now an officer or employee of the school. Driver training schools which are licensed by the department may advertise that they are "inspected and licensed by the Kentucky State Police."

Section 3. A driver training school shall not:

(1) Make any false or misleading claim in any of its advertising;

(2) Use a name that is like or deceptively similar to a name used by another driver training school;

(3) Advertise or imply that free lessons will be given to students who fail a motor vehicle operator's license examination.

Section 4. Each telephone directory listing or telephone advertisement of a driving school shall include the address or addresses of the driving school's established place or places of business. Addresses of telephone answering services that are not established places of business shall not be shown in any media of advertisement or telephone directory listing.

Section 5. A driver training school shall not claim or imply that it will guarantee;

(1) Employment upon completion of a course of instruction; or

(2) The securing of a license to drive a motor vehicle.

Section 6. A copy of each telephone directory or similar directory advertisement of a driver training school shall be submitted to the department by the school at the same time it is placed for publication.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 15A.160, 332.216

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