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§47-6-206.1.
§47-6-206.1.
A. Driver improvement or defensive driving course is a course which
offers an educational setting, provides for driving concepts which
encourage attitude or behavioral changes in the responsibility of
operating a motor vehicle in a safe and responsible manner.
B. It shall be the responsibility of the institution or organization
to provide:
1. Adequate facilities which meet or exceed state and local fire,
health and safety codes;
2. Adequate equipment, in good working order, and instructional
materials for such courses;
3. Qualified instructors who shall:
a. possess an undergraduate degree and have nine (9) college or
university credit hours in traffic safety education, or is a peace
officer certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and
Training (CLEET) who is employed by a municipality,
b. have no alcohol or drug related convictions or revocations in the
past five (5) years,
c. have no more than five (5) points accumulated on the driving record
in the past three (3) years in accordance with the Oklahoma Mandatory
Point System,
d. have a valid Oklahoma driver license, and
e. complete a course of training through the approved organization or
institution;
4. A course of study designed to inform the participant of driver
improvement and defensive driving concepts while encouraging attitude
or behavioral changes in the responsibility of operating a motor
vehicle in a safe and responsible manner. The curriculum, which means
the complete lesson plans which include instructional strategy,
presentation methods and resources utilized to incorporate the
concepts of traffic safety, must provide for but not be limited to the
following:
a. driver personality traits - behavioral attitudes,
b. driver qualifications and limitations,
c. effects of alcohol and other drugs,
d. current accident prevention and defensive driving techniques: speed
control, perception, reactions, lane positioning, safe turning and
passing, occupant restraints, following distance and rules of the
road; and
5. Provide at least eight (8) hours of classroom instruction.
C. Organizations or institutions desirous of making application shall
submit the following to the Department of Public Safety:
1. Evidence of organizational or institutional status which meet
statutory requirements;
2. Copy of proposed course curriculum which includes lesson
objectives, presentation materials, instructional strategy and
resources utilized;
3. Certification that instructors meet statutory requirements; and
4. Upon Department of Public Safety approval said organization or
institution shall be considered for point credits as set forth in this
section.
D. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to grant a two point
credit towards the Oklahoma Point System Regulations to any person who
successfully completes a course pursuant to this section provided only
one such course shall be acknowledged once every twenty-four (24)
months.
E. The Department upon giving of notice and hearing may decline to
grant credit points to any organization or institution for:
1. Unethical conduct of an instructor or official of an institution or
organization;
2. Failure to satisfactorily resolve citizens' complaints;
3. Falsifying or misrepresenting any document or information to the
Department or student;
4. Failure of organization or instructor to meet statutory
requirements;
5. Conflict of interest by the organization or institution and/or its
personnel; or
6. Failure of organization, institution or instructor to continue to
meet statutory requirements as provided for in this section.
F. Course enrollment will be limited to not more than thirty students
with an enrollment fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per student.
G. Enrollment in the course shall not be limited to persons ordered to
enroll, attend and successfully complete the course.
H. The organization or institution shall within fifteen (15) days of
the completion certify to the Department of Public Safety all persons
who successfully complete the course on a form approved or furnished
by the Department. This shall include the person's full name, address,
date of birth and driver license number.
I. Department personnel shall be admitted to any course without
charge, upon request and display of proper credentials.
J. Each organization or institution shall develop auditing procedures
which could be utilized to show compliance with this section.
K. Any point credit allowed must comply with the Department's Point
System Regulations.
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