54-5406 DRIVING INSTRUCTORS -- REQUIREMENTS.

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 54

DRIVING BUSINESSES

54-5406. DRIVING INSTRUCTORS -- REQUIREMENTS. (1) Each person applying for a driving instructor license must complete an application provided by the bureau of occupational licenses that requires the applicant to be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, have written evidence of graduation from a high school, an accredited college or university or a GED, a valid driver's license and a satisfactory driving record from the jurisdiction from which the license was issued, a satisfactory fingerprint-based criminal history check of the Idaho central criminal database and the federal bureau of investigation criminal history database, a medical certificate and any required completed coursework. Licensees shall certify that they hold a current medical certificate at the time of license renewal.

(2) On and after July 1, 2010, every new applicant for a license pursuant to this chapter shall have completed a board approved apprenticeship training program of not less than sixty (60) hours of classroom instruction and one hundred eight (108) hours of behind-the-wheel training.

(3) If the board granted any instructor a license without the satisfactory fingerprint-based criminal history check as provided in subsection (1) of this section, such licensee shall obtain and submit the required fingerprint-based criminal history check to the board on or before the date of the licensee's first renewal occurring after the effective date of this act.