(1)  No private driver training business shall be established nor shall any existing business continue to operate unless the business applies for and obtains from the board a license that expires on the license issue date and must be renewed annually. The application for license shall include the name of the owner, a satisfactory fingerprint-based criminal history check of the Idaho central criminal database and the federal bureau of investigation criminal history database, the location of the business, a certificate of occupancy for a business that offers classroom instruction in a physical classroom location, a certificate of commercial automobile insurance, a list of licensed instructors, proof of an annual vehicle check, board-approved curriculum components and a course of instruction for students that shall include the following:
(a)  Not less than thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction;
(b)  Not less than six (6) hours of behind-the-wheel practice driving; and
(c)  Not less than six (6) hours of observation.
(2)  Any private driver training business or driving instructor licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of title 33, Idaho Code, that regulate driver education as long as such license is current and valid and the private driver training business or driving instructor is acting pursuant to activities that the license permits.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-5405

  • Board: means the Idaho driving businesses licensure board, which will act as the state regulatory body for driving businesses hereinafter provided in this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-5402
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Driver education: means classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel driving time. See Idaho Code 54-5402
  • Driving business: means any driver education business established for the education of students in a classroom or motor vehicle, or both, which education shall not qualify a student for a commercial driver’s license. See Idaho Code 54-5402
  • Driving instructor: means a person who is licensed by the board to teach the classroom instruction phase and behind-the-wheel training phase of automobile driver training. See Idaho Code 54-5402
  • License: means a document issued by the division of occupational and professional licenses on behalf of the board officially documenting the individual’s right to practice as a driving instructor or to operate a driving business within the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 54-5402
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
(3)  Any driving business licensed pursuant to this chapter may contract with a public school to provide driver education. Any driving business that contracts with a public school to provide driver education may be allowed to use the services of any or all of the driving instructors of that driving business. Once a person has been licensed as a driving instructor, that person is authorized to teach in any approved driver education program.
(4)  A driving business shall ensure that each of its employees and persons under its control who provide driver education to its students is at all times licensed under this chapter as a driving instructor or permitted as a driving instructor apprentice.