New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 5 - PUBLIC PROPERTY PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Part 3 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF STATE VEHICLES
Section 1.5.3.13 - DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Defensive driving course. TSD will use the on-site instructor taught course material including the TSD online national safety council (NSC) defensive driving and safety curriculum (DDC). Agencies desiring to provide NSC/DDC training independent of TSD must request authorization to provide NSC/DDC instruction from the director or designee prior to commencing the utilization of any NSC/DDC tools or materials. In addition, the agencies must follow the curriculum approved by the director or designee prior to commencing the utilization of the proposed training tools. It is the responsibility of the proposing agency to incorporate all state of New Mexico TSD requirements into the defensive driving curriculum. All on-line courses are required to be reviewed and permission to utilize these courses must be approved by TSD prior to commencing use.
B. Course availability. TSD shall offer regularly scheduled defensive driving classes in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. This does not preclude TSD from offering these classes at the requesting agency's site. A state agency or state employee should contact the division for information about scheduled classes, locations, costs, registration, or scheduling of department trainings.
C. Instructor certification. To receive a certificate as a NSC/DDC Instructor, it is necessary to submit the written request to the director or designee for review and approval. This applies to employees who may have received a NSC/DDC instructor certification while under the employment of another governmental agency. All prospective instructors may attend the TSD instructed NSC/DDC - six (6) and four (4) hour classes; and, are required to teach one TSD six (6) hour course and one (1) TSD four (4) hour course under TSD supervision prior to receiving consideration of approval to teach. Instructors in good standing must complete the TSD certification process every two (2) years. TSD may choose to conduct instructor/class audits.
D. Driver certification required. All defensive driving certificates are valid for four (4) years. All authorized drivers of state vehicles must have a current TSD approved NSC defensive driving certificate in their possession while driving a state vehicle. TSD requires employees who seek to operate a state vehicle to provide proof of current certification. New employees must successfully take and pass the six (6) hour TSD prescribed NSC defensive driving class with a grade of eighty percent (80%) or better to become an authorized driver. If the new employee provides proof of NSC/DDC certification within two (2) years previous to the date of employment, at the discretion of the director or designee, the employee may only have to take the four (4) hour NSC/DDC, or the administrative use of state vehicles online certification course.
E. Driver re-certification. Each state employee is required to take the defensive driving refresher course every four (4) years.
F. List of certified state employees. The agency vehicle coordinator shall maintain a list of certified state employees employed by the agency, including a current copy of the employee's valid NM drivers' license.
G. User agency requirements.
H. Lost certificates. If a state employee loses his or her defensive driving certificate, the TSD will issue a replacement certificate at a cost per certificate. If the state employee cannot provide proof of taking a TSD authorized defensive driving certification course, the employee must register for a six (6) hour NSC defensive driving course or the TSD online NSC/DDC.