New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter H - Classification Of Vehicles And Regulation Of Nonvehicular Devices
Part 103 - All-terrain Vehicles
Section 103.6 - Safety courses and safety certificates
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) ATV safety training courses shall be given under the auspices of entities as allowed by the commissioner. Such entities shall meet the standards and requirements for course providers as set forth herein. To the extent possible, course providers shall be nonprofit organizations. The commissioner may limit the number of approved providers based upon the need for such services.
(b) An entity desiring to become a course provider shall request permission to become such from the commissioner. The request must include a listing of all successfully trained instructors who are to conduct courses, the location or locations at which the courses are to be given and the proposed fee to be charged, if any, to students who take the course. Such a request should demonstrate that the entity desiring to become a course provider has the facilities and ability to appropriately train students pursuant to the ATV Safety Institute's ATV RiderCourse syllabus.
(c) In order to be a course instructor, a person must be at least 18 years of age, and must have successfully completed the required instructor training program.
(d) The required instructor training program shall be the ATV Safety Institute's Instructor Preparation Course. Information as to the availability of such training programs may be obtained from the ATV Safety Institute, Two Jenner Street, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92718, Attention: Training Systems.
(e) The ATV safety training course shall consist of a four-hour program, excluding time spent on administrative or clerical activities. Such course shall be given in accordance with the ATV Safety Institute's ATV RiderCourse syllabus provided by the ATV Safety Institute, Two Jenner Street, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92718, and must be conducted by a successfully trained instructor in a manner acceptable to the commissioner. At a minimum, the ATV safety training course syllabus shall provide for on vehicle training and safe riding practices.
(f) All programs are subject to routine examination visits by appropriate Department of Motor Vehicles employees. Any violations or irregularities with respect to instructor qualifications, instructional quality, adherence to syllabus or denial of access to department personnel may result in the commissioner withdrawing permission for the involved entity to be a course provider.
(g) Each ATV safety training course shall be limited to 24 students. Courses should be given as often as necessary so that a prospective student need not wait longer than 60 days to take the course.
(h) Safety certificates shall be provided to course providers by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Upon completion of the ATV Safety Institute's ATV RiderCourse, the provider shall issue a safety certificate to the student. A listing of each person to whom a certificate has been issued shall be mailed to ATV Safety, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Swan Street Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12228, within 30 days of issuance of the certificate. No certificate shall be issued to a person under the age of 10 years.
(i) No approved course provider may charge a fee in excess of $35 for the ATV Safety Institute's ATV RiderCourse and Department of Motor Vehicles safety certificate. A course provider may charge a fee of $5 for a safety certificate to replace a lost certificate which was issued by that course provider.
