(1) Any license, certificate or agent identification card will be denied, revoked or suspended by the Department for the following reasons:

Terms Used In Florida Regulations 15A-11.011

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
    (a) The violation of any provision of Florida Statutes Chapter 488, or of any of these rules.
    (b) The conviction of, the plea of no contest to, or the adjudication withheld for, any felony or misdemeanor offense as shown by a fingerprint-based criminal background check conducted by the Department. Applicants with any convictions must wait at least 5 years after the conviction date to be considered. Applicants with convictions that directly relates to the business of conducting a commercial driver training school, including convictions that directly relate to the personal safety of a student will not be considered. DUI convictions or personal use drug convictions outside the five year period will not automatically disqualify an applicant if the applicant has served their revocation period and has a full unrestricted driver’s license.
    (c) The employment of instructors, teachers or agents who have not been approved and certified or issued identification cards by the Department, or giving driving instruction without being certified by the Department.
    (d) The instruction of students contrary to the restrictions imposed on the students’ driver licenses.
    (e) Business solicitation on any premises, including parking areas, used by the Department or a tax collector for the purpose of licensing.
    (f) Committing fraud or willful misrepresentation in applying for or obtaining a license.
    (2) The Department may take emergency suspension or revocation action, without preliminary hearing whenever any school or instructor has knowingly been involved in assisting anyone to obtain a driver license fraudulently.
    (3) The Department shall notify CIE if negative action is taken against a truck driver training school or its instructors.
Rulemaking Authority 488.02 FS. Law Implemented 112.011(1)(b), 488.06 FS. History-New 9-20-10.