North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 37 - Department of Transportation
Article 37-13 - Commercial Driver Training School Requirements
Chapter 37-13-04 - Commercial Driver Training Instructor Requirements
Section 37-13-04-01 - Instructor - License required - Contents of application for license
Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 37-13-04-01
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1. An applicant for a commercial driver training instructor license must:
a. Be a resident of the state of North
Dakota, unless waived by the director for good cause.
b. Furnish the director information relating
to all previous places of residence located outside of the state of North
Dakota.
c. Be at least twenty-one
years of age.
d. Read, write, and
speak the English language.
e. Have
normal peripheral and color vision and visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each
eye, with or without corrective lenses.
f. Have been a licensed driver for three
years for class of vehicle instruction, holding a valid North Dakota driver's
license unless waived by the director for good cause, free from requirement to
show proof of financial responsibility, and have a satisfactory driving record
free from any conviction that would constitute the basis for suspension or
revocation of the instructor license.
g. Authorize the director to investigate the
applicant's background and review the applicant's driving record.
h. Submit to a nationwide fingerprint-based
criminal history record check with the federal bureau of investigation at no
expense to the department of transportation.
(1) If the applicant has been convicted of a
crime involving moral turpitude, the applicant is ineligible to be an
instructor.
(2) If the applicant
has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, the applicant is ineligible to
be an instructor unless:
(a) The director
determines the crime does not directly relate to the position of instructor;
or
(b) The applicant has shown
competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform
the duties of an instructor.
i. Pass a written and road test for each
class of license for which driver training is to be offered. The tests must be
administered by the North Dakota department of transportation driver's license
division. The director may accept commercial driver's license test results from
another state if the applicant currently holds a valid commercial driver's
license. The director may periodically require a licensed instructor to submit
to a written examination and road test consisting of all or any part of the
test specified in this section. The test must include:
(1) The operation of a motor
vehicle.
(2) Traffic
laws.
(3) Road signs, laws and
regulations, and other material pertaining to and affecting the driver,
traffic, and motor vehicle.
j. Be in good physical and mental health, and
having no illness or condition that would render the applicant unable to safely
perform the duties as an instructor. The applicant shall submit to a physical
examination by a licensed physician and a certificate must accompany the
application. For commercial driver's license instruction, the instructor shall
submit a copy of the federal department of transportation medical card every
two years. The director may periodically require a licensed instructor to
submit to a physical examination by a licensed physician and a certificate of
the examination must be submitted to the director.
k. Instructor preparation:
(1) Hold a valid North Dakota driver
education certificate issued by the department of public instruction;
or
(2) Have successfully completed
an approved preparation course or courses for commercial driver education
instructors. Instructor preparation courses must be submitted to and approved
by the director. Preparation courses conducted by a licensed commercial driver
training school must consist of both classroom training and practical driving
situations. At a minimum, instructor development training for class D must
consist of thirty hours of classroom and thirty hours of behind-the-wheel
practical training. At a minimum, instructor development training for class A,
B, or C must consist of forty hours of classroom and eighty hours of
behind-the-wheel practical training. The behind-the-wheel practical training
must consist of both actual driving and riding along and observing a licensed
instructor during a student training session. Driver education instructor
development courses offered through a university system may also be considered
for approval.
I.
Instructor requirements may be waived by the director for good cause when
pertaining to a commercial driving school licensed to offer the internet course
only.
2. When employment of an instructor is terminated, the school administrator shall return the terminated instructor's commercial instruction license to the director within ten days of the termination date.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 39-25-04, 39-25-08
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