Code of Massachusetts Regulations
540 CMR - REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Title 540 CMR 23.00 - Licensing, Certification and Operating Requirements for Professional Driving School Instructors; and Others
Section 23.04 - Qualification Requirements and Terms of Certification for Driver Education Providers

1. Pay all required non-refundable fees;

2. Apply for and successfully pass an inspection of the driver education premises conducted by the Registrar or his or her designee;

3. Submit a copy of the program of instruction that meets or exceeds the minimum program standards established by the Registrar. At the time of application, an applicant for a driving school certificate shall submit a written course curriculum describing the classroom and behind the wheel instruction to be used. The curriculum must demonstrate that it includes such minimum standards as established by the Registrar. The curriculum shall include a description of each of the skills/techniques required to be taught and an explanation of the method and sequence by which they will be taught. Once approved by the Registrar, a driver training program shall not materially alter a program of instruction, including the curriculum, without prior written approval from the Registrar.

4. Submit written proof of insurance as required by 540 CMR 23.04(3)(c).

5. Provide a performance bond, acceptable to the Registrar in the amount of $10,000 for a Driver Education Provider with one location; $25,000 for a Driver Education Provider with up to three locations; and $50,000 for a Driver Education Provider with more then three locations. The performance bond shall be held to provide reimbursement to students and/or parents in the event that the program ceases to function and fails to provide or complete the contracted instruction.

1. If the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership, a copy of the applicable Articles of Organization, Certificate of Organization, or Registration, including registration as a Foreign Corporation doing business in Massachusetts, required to be filed with the Secretary of State for the Commonwealth, must be submitted.

2. If the applicant is either an individual or entity (including a corporation) conducting business under a trade name, a copy of the business certificate issued by the municipality where the applicant conducts business or will be conducting business must be submitted.

3. Each applicant must submit the employer's federal tax identification number (FID/EIN).

1. A change in the name or address of the business;

2. A transfer of the business or a change of ownership, including a change in the form or ownership; except that a transfer of less than a majority interest in a corporation shall not be considered a change in ownership.

3. The dissolving of the business or the ceasing of regular business activity, except that if the program has taken full or partial payment for student instruction it will not be providing, or if the program has not provided students who have completed the program with the required certificate of completion, the program's Principal Administrator shall inform the Registrar, prior to or immediately upon cessation of business, of the names and addresses of students who are owed refunds and the amounts owed to each and the names and addresses of the students who have completed the program but have not received the certificate of completion. The Program Administrator shall also provide a list of each student who has not completed the program indicating the number of hours of classroom and behind the wheel instruction the student has not completed or is required to complete for certification.