Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.25.01.104 - OPERATION OF INSTRUCTOR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM

01. Application for Approval. A business licensee may operate a Board-approved instructor apprenticeship training program. The business licensee must apply for program approval on forms provided by the Board. (3-28-23)

02. Apprentices. The business licensee must ensure that all persons who enroll in the licensee's program possess a valid instructor apprenticeship training permit from the Board. (3-28-23)

03. Instruction and Training Hours. The program must include the instruction and training as required by Idaho Code § 54-5406(2). (3-28-23)

a. The required classroom hours may also be completed through on-line or internet based instruction. (3-28-23)

b. When an apprentice begins to provide behind-the-wheel driving instruction to students, a program instructor must supervise the apprentice by riding in the vehicle with the apprentice and students for the first six (6) hours. A program instructor also must ride in the vehicle with the apprentice and students to evaluate the apprentice during the final two (2) hours of the apprentice's behind-the-wheel training. (3-28-23)

04. Instructors. The business licensee must ensure that only licensed driving instructors are allowed to teach in the program. A list of the instructors must accompany the application for approval. (3-28-23)

05. Recordkeeping. The business licensee must ensure that the program maintains progress records for each apprentice. A program instructor and the apprentice must sign and date the records each month, and copies of the records must be provided to the apprentice. The records must, at a minimum, identify each lesson completed, the number of hours of instruction involved in the lesson, the date the apprentice completed the lesson, the instructor who taught the lesson, and whether the apprentice passed. (3-28-23)

06. Certificate of Proficiency. The program must provide each apprentice with a certificate of proficiency evidencing all hours satisfactorily completed by the apprentice while in the program, and that the apprentice is proficient in all areas covered by the certificate. (3-28-23)

07. Discontinuance of Program. If the business licensee ceases to operate the program, the business licensee must provide the program's current and prior apprentices with any progress or other records that the program is required to maintain under this Section. (3-28-23)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.25.01.104