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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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