A.(1) Every person engaged in the business of operating a private driving instructor training school or agency, or providing driving courses, shall apply for and procure a license from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services. No person shall advertise or otherwise hold himself before the public, for remuneration, as qualified, licensed, or otherwise approved to train or instruct without having first obtained a license or contract with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services.

            (2) Every person engaged in the business of operating a private driving instructor training school or agency, or providing driving courses, who has or is seeking a contract or license with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall consent to, pass, and pay the costs of a criminal history background check pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 15:587.

            B. Every person desiring to train or instruct in driving courses shall file a written application with the deputy secretary.

            C. The deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish rules and regulations governing the issuance and revocation of requirements and qualifications of each applicant and enumerating the terms of the contract and causes of suspension or revocation of the contract and possible fines for violations committed thereunder in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and subject to oversight review by the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works.

            D. The deputy secretary shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars for each school or agency. The deputy secretary shall charge a fee of ten dollars for each additional instructor the school or agency may employ.

            E. The fees collected under this Section shall be paid to the office of motor vehicles of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and used for its maintenance, operation, and supervision.

            F. Every person properly licensed pursuant to this Section on or after June 30, 2012, shall administer in accordance with law and administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as a third-party examiner, both the knowledge and on-road driving skills tests required for the issuance of a Class “D” or “E” license in Louisiana.

            G. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 176, §3, eff. June 7, 2023.

            Added by Acts 1983, No. 665, §1; Acts 2011, No. 294, §3; Acts 2011, No. 307, §2; Acts 2022, No. 347, §3; Acts 2023, No. 176, §§2,3, eff. June 7, 2023.