Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Part III - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 15 - Services Provided by Persons and Business Entities
Subchapter B - Public Tag Agents
Section III-1575 - Driver's License Issuance
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. A public tag agent may contract with the department to administer the necessary tests and issue or renew identification cards, handicap hang tag identification cards, and driver's licenses. The written knowledge test and the driving or skills test shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of LAC 55:III.Chapter 1.Subchapter C.
B. The public tag agent's third party examiner shall utilize only department approved visual screening equipment. In lieu thereof, each examiner may opt to utilize the standard Snellen wall-chart for visual acuity. The visual acuity testing shall be administered in a manner approved by the department.
C. A public tag agent shall develop controls to secure the materials and equipment necessary to issue driver's licenses. Such controls shall be submitted in writing to the department. A public tag agent shall not issue any driver's licenses until the controls required by this Section have been approved by the department in writing. Once approved, the controls shall be implemented as written. Any changes to the control approved by the department shall be approved in writing prior to implementation.
D. The department shall designate the types of driver's license and identification card transactions a public tag agent may perform, such as renewals and duplicates. Such designation shall be at the sole discretion of the department. Identification cards include the photographic identification issued with a handicap hangtag.
E. Qualifications for Issuance of Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards. In addition to the qualification requirements contained in statute and this Chapter, a public tag agent shall meet these additional requirements in order to be approved to perform driver's license and identification card transaction designated by the department.
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AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:532.1.