Terms Used In Michigan Laws 256.635

  • Designated representative or coordinator: means the individual that a driver education provider employs, enlists, or appoints, or contracts with to supervise, manage, and administer the day-to-day responsibilities of the provider's driver education school operation. See Michigan Laws 256.623
  • Driver education course: means a program of study offered by a certified driver education provider, that enables a student to acquire the basic knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to operate a motor vehicle upon a highway transportation system. See Michigan Laws 256.623
  • Driver education course certificate of completion: means a written or electronic authorization issued by a certified driver education provider to a student who has successfully completed segment 1, segment 2, or entry-level driver training of a driver education course offered by the provider. See Michigan Laws 256.623
  • Established office location: means a building that meets all of the following requirements:
  (i) Is of a permanent nature where the provider's communications and notices are received. See Michigan Laws 256.625
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, educational institution, governmental agency or other legal or commercial entity, and their legal successors. See Michigan Laws 256.627
  • provider: means a person that meets the requirements in subparagraph (i), if not excluded under subparagraph (ii), as follows:
  •   (i) Maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to give instruction in the driving of a motor vehicle or maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to prepare an applicant for an exam given by the secretary of state for a license as defined in section 25 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 256.625
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   (1) A driver education provider shall immediately notify the secretary of state in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state of a change in an owner, partner, officer, director, or the designated representative or coordinator of the provider. Immediately upon notifying the secretary of state, the provider shall also submit a request to the department of state police for a criminal history check as described in section 29 of the changed owner, partner, officer, director, or the designated representative or coordinator of the provider.
      (2) A driver education provider shall immediately notify the secretary of state in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state of a change of address for the established office location or the classroom facilities of the provider. The provider shall also submit with that address change notification any information, record, report, or other document prescribed by the secretary of state or required under this act.
      (3) A person who stops operating as a driver education provider or no longer qualifies as a certified driver education provider shall immediately in a format prescribed by the secretary of state do all of the following:
      (a) Return the certificate issued under section 13 to the secretary of state.
      (b) Prepare a final inventory listing each segment 1 or segment 2 driver education course certificate of completion that the secretary of state issued to the provider during the past year.
      (c) Return to the secretary of state each segment 1 or segment 2 driver education course certificate of completion in the provider’s possession that the provider did not issue to a student.
      (d) Inform the secretary of state of the location where the information, records, or other documents that the provider is required to maintain under this act will be stored for no less than 4 years after the provider stops operating as a driver education provider or fails to qualify for certification as a provider.
      (4) A person who fails to immediately comply with subsection (3)(a), (b), or (c) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.