Section 140 IAC 4-4-9 - Driving skills test administrationAuthority: IC 9-14-8-3; IC 9-24-10-4
Affected: IC 9-24-10-4; IC 9-24-10-4.5; IC 9-27-6-6; IC 9-27-6-11
Sec. 9.
(a) A school that participates in the driving skills test program may offer to administer a driving skills test to individuals that hold a valid Indiana learner's permit.(b) All schools that participate in the driving skills test program must use the driving skills test score sheet prescribed by the bureau to evaluate and score the driving skills test.(c) The signatures of: (1) the instructor who administered the driving skills test; or(2) the school official; must appear on the driving skills test score sheet for it to be valid. The instructor who conducted the driving skills test or the school official shall note on the score sheet whether the student passed or failed the test.
(d) A person's driving skills test pass result is valid for the duration of the permit held at the time of test administration, but cannot exceed two (2) years.(e) Each school must retain score sheets at the school's location for at least two (2) years, and present the score sheets to the bureau upon request.(f) Individuals shall take the driving skills test independently, except as otherwise required by law and without assistance from the instructor.(g) The driving skills testis not conducted during behind-the-wheel training nor on the same day as behind-the-wheel training.(h) The school must comply with the following requirements to administer the driving skills test: (1) The driving skills test must be administered by a bureau approved driver training school instructor for skills test administration.(2) The applicant must pay the applicable fees established by the driver education school for each driving skills test administered to the approved test site operator that administers the driving skills test.(3) Each applicant, prior to taking the driving skills test, is required to sign a waiver of liability. The waiver must include a statement that the applicant will hold the bureau and the state harmless for any injury sustained from an accident during the driving skills test.(i) Skills test results must be submitted to the bureau in an electronic form.Bureau of Motor Vehicles; 140 IAC 4-4-9; filed Nov 12, 1998, 3:00 p.m.: 22 IR 971; readopted filed Nov 16, 2004, 12:25 p.m.: 28 IR 1315; readopted filed Nov 14, 2007, 1:31 p.m.: 20071212-IR-140070562RFA; filed Oct 7, 2008, 10:23 a.m.: 20081105-IR-140080215FRAReadopted filed 11/3/2014, 1:43 p.m.: 20141203-IR-140140375RFAFiled 11/25/2014, 3:50 p.m.: 20141224-IR-140140292FRAFiled 12/14/2017, 1:17 p.m.: 20180110-IR-140170394FRAFiled 2/9/2022, 3:34 p.m.: 20220309-IR-140210460FRAFiled 2/8/2024, 12:57 p.m.: 20240306-IR-140230734FRA