Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 51, June 17, 2024
Part 7411.0555 - CLASS D PROGRAM LABORATORY SCHEDULE; HOURSA. A class D motor vehicle program: (1) must not provide more than two hours of laboratory instruction per day to a student under 18 years old in a class D motor vehicle;(2) must provide a class D driver education student who is less than 18 years old with a minimum of six hours of laboratory instruction;(3) except for the instruction offered in class A, B, or C vehicles, must not give a student more than 30 hours of laboratory instruction without the written authorization of the commissioner; and(4) may substitute range driving hours for laboratory instruction hours if: (a) the student has in possession a valid Minnesota instruction permit;(b) the student is operating the class D motor vehicle; and(c) no more than two hours of range instruction are substituted for one hour of the daily laboratory instruction permitted in subitem (1).B. Total on-street time for class D motor vehicle laboratory instruction must not be less than four hours of the required six hours of laboratory instruction. However, if a program providing class D motor vehicle instruction provides both range and simulator instruction, no less than three hours of on-the-road laboratory instruction may be provided if the program also provides:(1) at least eight hours of simulator instruction; and(2) at least two hours of range instruction.C. Observation time in a class D motor vehicle does not count as laboratory instruction time.Statutory Authority: MS s 14.06; 169.26; 169.446; 169.974; 171.02; 171.05; 171.055; 171.0701; 171.33 to 171.41; 299A.01