N.J. Admin. Code § 13:21-8.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 13:21-8.7 - Law-knowledge tests; oral; English language; foreign language

(a) Oral tests shall be administered to driver license applicants who are unable to read the English language or a foreign language or who experience difficulty in understanding the English language in such a manner that they are unable to complete the written test.

(b) The English language oral test administered by the Commission or as part of a high school driver education program shall consist of a Motor Vehicle Commission employee reading the questions to the applicant from the computer and asking the applicant to choose A, B, C or D.

(c) An applicant who fails the English language oral test for a driver license shall not be retested for a period of at least one week from the date of failure.

(d) Oral tests shall be administered in foreign languages determined by the Chief Administrator to driver license applicants who are unable to read and understand the English language or a foreign language so that they are unable to complete the written test.

(e) Foreign language oral testing shall be administered in the same manner as English language oral testing. The questions shall be read to the applicant in the applicant's language by a translator from the standard computer test. The translator must be either a full-time college professor, a person from the clergy or a person who is listed on the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts' (Language Service Section) Registry of Interpreters and Agencies.

(f) An applicant who fails the foreign language oral test for a driver license shall not be retested for a period of at least one week from the date of failure.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:21-8.7

As amended, R.1983 d.609, effective 1/3/1984.
See: 15 N.J.R. 143(b), 16 N.J.R. 51(d).
Deleted old and added new text.
Amended by R.1996 d.27, effective 1/16/1996.
See: 27 N.J.R. 4153(a), 28 N.J.R. 275(a).
Amended by R.2001 d.19, effective 1/16/2001.
See: 32 N.J.R. 3739(a), 33 N.J.R. 277(a).
In (c), inserted "English language" preceding "oral test"; recodified (e)4 as (f) and inserted "foreign language" preceding "oral test".
Amended by R.2006 d.250, effective 7/3/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 445(a), 38 N.J.R. 2875(a).
In (a), substituted "shall" for "will" and inserted "they"; in (b), substituted "Commission" for "Division"; in (d), substituted "shall" for "will" and "Chief Administrator" for "Director".
Amended by R.2012 d.072, effective 4/2/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1852(a), 44 N.J.R. 1123(c).
Rewrote (b) and (e); and in (c) and (f), substituted "one week" for "two weeks".
Amended by R.2018 d.118, effective 5/21/2018.
See: 49 N.J.R. 3663(a), 50 N.J.R. 1302(c).
In (a), inserted "through the Driver and Road Test Scoring System (DARTSS) terminals at driving test centers"; and rewrote (e).