Terms Used In Texas Education Code 1001.451

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A person may not:
(1) use advertising that is false, misleading, or deceptive;
(2) fail to notify the department of the discontinuance of the operation of a driver training provider before the 15th working day after the date of cessation of classes and make available accurate records as required by this chapter;
(3) issue, sell, trade, or transfer:
(A) a uniform certificate of course completion or driver education certificate to a person or driver training provider not authorized to possess the certificate;
(B) a uniform certificate of course completion to a person who has not successfully completed an approved driving safety course; or
(C) a driver education certificate to a person who has not successfully completed a department-approved driver education course;
(4) negotiate a promissory instrument received as payment of tuition or another charge before the student completes 75 percent of the course, except that before that time the instrument may be assigned to a purchaser who becomes subject to any defense available against the provider named as payee; or
(5) conduct any part of an approved driver education course without having an instructor adequately available to the student for the type of instruction being given.