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(a) The Director of Revenue and Taxation shall develop Rules and Regulations under the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Law, relative to licensing public and private drivers education services, which Rules shall require forty (40) hours of training, with thirty-two (32) classroom hours and eight (8) hours in-automobile or on-road, and that such training be applicable to all minors and to those adults who are applying for a “”first time”” driver’s license. Such Rules shall also require that a licensed service firm which issues Certificates of Completion must possess the following:

(1) a secondary teaching certificate issued by the Department of Education with an endorsement in drivers education; or a certificate to teach drivers education from a recognized educational institution or training agency in Guam or from another territory or state which has Drivers Education Training; or a safety education minor or major from a United States accredited Institute of Higher Education (IHE); and

(2) a current first aid/CPR certification card issued by a recognized training institution that provides emergency care training which meets the current revisions in the Occupational Safety and Health guidelines and risk reduction

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strategies posted by the Center for Disease Control or other recognized medical entities.

(b) The following are standards that will be evaluated by the Director of Revenue and Taxation before issuing any certificate for operation of a driving school business:

(1) Vehicles: All driving school businesses must own, or designate at least one (1) automobile to be used for driving school instruction. That automobile must be equipped with dual controls, preferably with both dual steering and dual brakes, but with a minimum of dual brakes. The automobile must be inspected by the Director of Revenue and Taxation before a certificate of authorization to operate a driving school is issued.

(2) The driving school also must have driving school insurance for vehicles.

(3) An undertaking to provide on-road instruction where no credit is provided to the student unless the student is actually driving a dual control automobile under the supervision of the instructor.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 22-020:9(f) (June 22, 1993), amended by P.L.
22-072:48(d) (Jan. 19, 1994), P.L. 22-146:22 (Dec. 29, 1994), and P.L. 27-
100:1 (June 25, 2004).

2009 NOTE: P.L. 28-045:10 (June 6, 2005) changed the name of the
Department of Education to the Guam Public School System. P.L. 30-
050:2 (July 14, 2009) reverted the name of the Guam Public School System to the Department of Education. References to Guam Public School
System have been changed to Department of Education pursuant to P.L.
30-050:3.