Ariz. Admin. Code § 17-4-404

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R17-4-404 - Driver Point Assessment; Traffic Survival Schools

A. Point assessment. The Department shall assign points to a driver, as prescribed under Table 1, Driver Point Valuation, for each violation resulting in a conviction or judgment.

B. Actions after point assessment. Under A.R.S. § 28-3306(A)(3), if a driver accumulates eight or more points in a twelvemonth period, the Department shall:

1. Order the driver to successfully complete the curriculum of a licensed traffic survival school; or

2. Suspend the driver's Arizona driver license or driving privilege.

C. Traffic survival school order of assignment. The Department or the private entity under contract with the Department shall send a dated order of assignment to traffic survival school, as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-3318, to a driver who accumulates 8 to 12 points in a twelve-month period, and who did not complete a traffic survival school course in the previous twenty-four-month period.

1. The order of assignment shall:

a. Instruct the driver to submit any hearing request to the Department within 15 days after the date of the order of assignment; and

b. Instruct the driver that failure to successfully complete traffic survival school within 60 days after the date of the order of assignment will result in the Department issuing a six-month order of suspension.

2. The Department shall record that a driver completed traffic survival school if:

a. A licensed traffic survival school reports that the driver successfully completed the curriculum; or

b. The driver presents to the Department an original certificate of completion issued by a licensed traffic survival school, within 30 days of issuance of the certificate.

D. Suspension for failure to complete traffic survival school. The Department or the private entity under contract with the Department shall mail a driver a six-month order of suspension, as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-3318, if the driver failed to establish completion of traffic survival school in accordance with subsection (C). The order of suspension shall:

1. Specify the period within which the driver may submit a hearing request to the Department, and

2. Specify the effective date of the suspension.

E. Suspension for accumulation of excessive points. The Department shall mail an order of suspension as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-3318 to a driver who accumulates an excessive amount of points. The order of suspension shall:

1. Specify the length of the suspension as follows:

a. A three-month suspension for accumulation of 8 to 12 points in a twelve-month period if a traffic survival school course was successfully completed in the previous twenty-four-month period

b. A three-month suspension for accumulation of 13 to 17 points in a twelve-month period;

c. A six-month suspension for accumulation of 18 to 23 points in a twelve-month period; and

d. A twelve-month suspension for accumulation of 24 or more points in a thirty-six-month period;

2. Specify the period within which the driver may submit a hearing request to the Department; and

3. Specify the effective date of the suspension.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-4-404

New Section recodified from R17-4-506 at 7 A.A.R. 3479, effective July 20, 2001 (Supp. 01-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 4446, effective November 7, 2006 (Supp. 06-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 839, effective March 4, 2008 (Supp. 08-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1092, effective 9/1/2015.