Section 24.25.01.100 - DRIVING BUSINESS LICENSEA driving business license is not transferable. The business licensee must conspicuously display the license at the business's principal classroom location.
01.Ownership. The owner referenced in Idaho Code § 54-5505 (1) includes the applicant's officers and shareholders having a twenty-five percent (25%) or greater ownership interest (if a corporation), members and managers (if a limited liability company), and partners (if a partnership).02.Criminal History Background Check. The applicant and all persons listed under Subsection 100.01 must submit to a current, fingerprint-based criminal history check conducted by an organization approved by the Board.03.Classroom Locations and Certificates of Occupancy. Each applicant must list all principal and secondary classroom locations to be utilized by the business. The applicant must provide a certificate of occupancy issued for each location.04.Certificate of Vehicle Insurance. The certificate of commercial automobile insurance for each vehicle utilized by the driving business for driver education must accompany the application. The minimum coverage will include. a. Medical Payment for each person - five thousand dollars ($5,000); and eitherb. Limit of liability (Combined single limit) - five hundred thousand ($500,000) to apply to bodily injury and/or property damage; orc. Limit of liability (Split limit). Bodily injury - two hundred-fifty thousand ($250,000) per person/five hundred thousand ($500,000) each accident; Property damage - two hundred-fifty thousand ($250,000) each accident.05.Licensed Instructors. Before beginning to offer driver education, and at all times while offering driver education, a driving business must employ or have contracted with one (1) or more licensed driving instructors to teach the classroom instruction phase and behind-the-wheel training phase of the driver education to be provided by the business.06.Vehicles. An applicant for a driving business license must submit to the Division a list of the vehicles that the business will utilize when offering driver education. A business licensee may not utilize vehicles that do not appear on the list. Each vehicle must have dual control brake pedals, safety restraints for all passengers, a side view mirror on each side of the vehicle, and an additional rear view mirror or compatible viewing device for the exclusive use of the instructor. A driving business must ensure that students are not allowed in a listed vehicle unless the vehicle is in a safe and proper operating condition.a. Initial Inspection. An applicant may not include a vehicle on a business's vehicle list unless the vehicle has passed a vehicle inspection performed by an ASE mechanic or vehicle technician within the two (2) month period preceding the application. The inspection must be documented on a Board-approved inspection form. The person who inspected the vehicle must sign the form, certifying that the vehicle generally is in a safe and proper operating condition, and that each inspected item passed inspection or, if found to be in need of repair, was repaired on a given date. The application must be accompanied by a separate, signed form for each listed vehicle.b. Annual Inspection. A business licensee must ensure that each vehicle passes an inspection every twelve (12) months, and that the inspection is performed by an ASE mechanic or vehicle technician documented on the Board-approved form referenced in Paragraph 225.06.a. of these rules. If a vehicle fails an annual inspection, the business licensee must withdraw the vehicle from service. The business licensee may not use the vehicle for behind-the-wheel training until the vehicle passes a subsequent inspection and the business licensee has submitted to the Division the inspection form evidencing that the vehicle has passed.c. Incident Inspection. If a vehicle incident occurs that requires an investigation and report by law enforcement, or in which the damage exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), the business licensee must withdraw the vehicle from service. The business licensee may not use the vehicle for behind-the-wheel training until the vehicle passes inspection by an ASE mechanic or vehicle technician and the business licensee has submitted to the Division the inspection form evidencing that the vehicle has passed.d. Signage. The business licensee must ensure that the outside of each vehicle is equipped with safely secured signs. Signs must include "Student Driver," "Driver Education," "Driver Training," "Driving School," or similar language that clearly designates the vehicle as a driver training vehicle.07.Course of Instruction. Each applicant must provide the course of instruction it will use when instructing students. The applicant must demonstrate, to the Board's satisfaction, that the course of instruction is designed to produce safe and effective drivers and is educationally sound.08.On-line Instruction. In addition to, or in lieu of offering classroom instruction at a physical classroom location, a business licensee may offer classroom instruction to students via the internet. While a business licensee may utilize a third party to offer on-line classroom instruction, the business licensee is responsible for ensuring that the instruction content meets the requirements of these rules and is approved by the Board.Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.25.01.100