LICENSING OF DRIVER SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTORS
Subch. VI of ch. 343 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.60(1)
(1) "Driver school" means the business of giving instruction, for compensation, in the driving of motor vehicles, except that it does not include a high school or technical college which teaches driver training as part of its regular school program and whose course of study in driver training has been approved by the department of public instruction or technical college system board and it does not include an institution of higher learning which teaches driver training as part of its teacher training program.
343.60(2)
(2) "Fraudulent practices" includes, but is not limited to:
343.60(2)(a)
(a) Any conduct or representation tending to give the impression that a license to operate a motor vehicle or any other license, registration or service granted by the secretary or department may be obtained by any means other than the means prescribed by law or by furnishing or obtaining the same by illegal or improper means; or
343.60(2)(b)
(b) The requesting, accepting, exacting or collecting of money for such purpose.
343.60(3)
(3) "Instructor" means any person who gives instruction in the driving of a motor vehicle, except a person who is employed as a full time instructor by a high school, technical college or institution of higher learning as provided in
sub. (1).
343.60(4)
(4) "Place of business" means the location at which the driver school is conducted.
343.61
343.61
License required for driver school; fee. 343.61(1)
(1) No person shall conduct a driver school without being licensed therefor by the department.
343.61(2)(a)(a) Application for a driver school license shall be made in the form and manner prescribed by the department, shall contain such information as is required by the department and shall be accompanied by the required fee. An application shall include the following:
343.61(2)(a)1.
1. Except as provided in
subd. 1m., in the case of an individual, the individual's social security number.
343.61(2)(a)1m.
1m. In the case of an individual who does not have a social security number, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the individual does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development. A license that is issued by the department in reliance on a statement submitted under this subdivision is invalid if the statement is false.
343.61(2)(a)2.
2. In the case of a person who is not an individual, the person's federal employer identification number.
343.61(2)(b)
(b) The department of transportation may not disclose any information received under
par. (a) 1. or
2. to any person except to the department of workforce development for purposes of administering
s. 49.22 or the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under
s. 73.0301.
343.61(3)
(3) The required fee for any driver school license, or for any annual renewal thereof, is $75 or, for licenses issued or renewed after August 31, 1998, $95.
343.61(4)
(4) If the application for a driver school license is approved by the department and the required fee paid, the applicant shall be granted a license and shall be issued a license certificate. The licensee shall display such certificate in the licensee's place of business.
343.61(5)
(5) A driver school license expires at the end of the calendar year, for which it is granted.
343.61(6)
(6) No driver school may be licensed unless its approved course of instruction does all of the following:
343.61(6)(a)
(a) Acquaints each student with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on highways and provides instruction in safely dealing with such hazards.
343.61(6)(b)
(b) Provides at least 30 minutes of instruction relating to organ and tissue donation and organ and tissue donation procedures.
343.61 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.62
343.62
License required for instructor; fee. 343.62(1)
(1) No person holding a driver school license shall employ any person as an instructor unless such person is licensed by the department to act as such instructor. No person, including the person holding the driver school license, shall act as an instructor in such school unless such person is licensed by the department to act as such instructor.
343.62(2)(a)(a) Application for an instructor's license shall be made in the form and manner prescribed by the department, shall contain such information as is required by the department and shall be accompanied by the required fee. Except as provided in
par. (am), the application shall include the applicant's social security number.
343.62(2)(am)
(am) If the applicant does not have a social security number, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of workforce development. A license that is issued by the department in reliance on a statement submitted under this paragraph is invalid if the statement is false.
343.62(2)(b)
(b) The department of transportation may not disclose a social security number obtained under
par. (a) to any person except to the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of administering
s. 49.22 or the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under
s. 73.0301.
343.62(3)
(3) The required fee for any instructor's license, or for any annual renewal thereof, is $25.
343.62 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.63
343.63
Examination of applicants for instructor's license. All applicants for an original instructor's license shall be examined, and other applicants may be examined, by the department as follows:
343.63(1)
(1) A written and oral test shall be completed by the applicant and shall be designed to evaluate the applicant's knowledge of instruction procedures, motor vehicle and traffic laws, safety equipment requirements and functions of essential automotive equipment. The applicant must receive a score of at least 80 per cent.
343.63(2)
(2) The applicant must pass a road test not less than 5 miles long, which shall include driving maneuvers and parking involved in typical traffic situations. The passing score of the applicant must exceed the minimum standard set for obtaining an operator's license by the state.
343.63(3)
(3) Except for an applicant for an instructor's license which is restricted to classroom instruction, the applicant must pass a psychophysical test with the following grades:
343.63(3)(a)
(a) Visual acuity - 20/40 in either eye and at least 20/100 in the other eye, with or without corrective glasses, as measured in the Snellen type test;
343.63(3)(b)
(b) Color perception - ability to perceive and distinguish colors commonly used to regulate and control traffic;
343.63(3)(c)
(c) Depth perception - 20 per cent stereopsis, using the ortho-rater depth perception test built into the road sign identification target.
343.63(3)(d)
(d) Field of vision - lateral range of at least 85 per cent or more from a focus line to each eye;
343.63(3)(e)
(e) Reaction time - at least 50/100 second, using portable brake reaction test, or 75/100 second when using detonator method; and
343.63(3)(f)
(f) Hearing - adequate hearing with or without corrective help.
343.63(4)
(4) The applicant shall submit with his or her application a statement completed by a registered physician showing that in the physician's judgment the applicant is physically fit to teach driving.
343.63(5)
(5) Except for a license which is restricted to classroom instruction, no license shall be issued to an applicant who has suffered an amputation or loss of the full use of either upper limb or loss of the natural use of the foot normally employed to operate the foot brake and foot accelerator.
343.63(5m)
(5m) The department may issue an instructor's license which is restricted to classroom instruction to an applicant who does not otherwise qualify for a license because of a test result under
sub. (3) or because the applicant has suffered an amputation or loss of the full use of either upper limb or loss of the natural use of the foot normally employed to operate the foot brake and foot accelerator, as specified in
sub. (5).
343.63(6)
(6) Applicants who fail to pass a satisfactory examination after 2 successive attempts shall not be reexamined until one year has elapsed since the date of the last examination.
343.63 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.64
343.64
Denial of driver school license. 343.64(1)
(1) The secretary may deny the application of any person for a driver school license on a determination that:
343.64(1)(a)
(a) Such applicant has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in the application;
343.64(1)(b)
(b) Such applicant or any officer, director, partner or other person directly interested in the business was a former holder of a license granted under
s. 343.61 or was directly interested in another driver school which held a license under
s. 343.61 and which license was revoked or suspended;
343.64(1)(c)
(c) Subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322 and
111.335, the applicant or any officer, director, stockholder, partner or any person directly interested in the business has been convicted of a felony, unless the person so convicted has been duly pardoned;
343.64(1)(d)
(d) The applicant has failed to furnish satisfactory evidence of fitness;
343.64(1)(f)
(f) Such applicant is not the true owner of the school; or
343.64(1)(g)
(g) The application is not accompanied by a copy of a standard liability insurance policy in the amount of $50,000 for personal injury to, or death of any one person and subject to said limit for any one person, $100,000 for personal injury to, or death of any number of persons involved in any one accident, and $10,000 for property damage in any one accident, suffered or caused by reason of the negligence of the applicant or any agent or employee of the applicant.
343.64(2)
(2) The secretary shall deny the application of any person for a driver school license if the applicant fails to provide the information required under
s. 343.61 (2) (a) 1. or
2., or if the applicant does not have a social security number, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social security number.
343.64 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.65
343.65
Denial of instructor's license. 343.65(1)
(1) The secretary may deny the application of any person for an instructor's license on a determination that:
343.65(1)(a)
(a) Such applicant has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the application; or
343.65(1)(b)
(b) The applicant has failed to furnish satisfactory evidence of the facts required of the applicant, has not held a license to drive a motor vehicle within this state for the past year, has not had a driving record satisfactory to the secretary, or, subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322 and
111.335, has been convicted of a felony and has not been duly pardoned.
343.65(2)
(2) The secretary shall deny an application for the issuance or renewal of an instructor's license if the applicant has not included his or her social security number in the application, unless the applicant is an individual who does not have a social security number and submits a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation as required under
s. 343.62 (2) (a).
343.65 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 105, Wis. adm. code.
343.66
343.66
Revocation or suspension of driver school license. The secretary may suspend or revoke any driver school license issued under
s. 343.61 or refuse to issue a renewal thereof if:
343.66(1)
(1) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the application for a license or the renewal thereof;
343.66(2)
(2) Subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322 and
111.335, the licensee or any partner, member, manager or officer of the licensee has been convicted of a felony;
343.66(4)
(4) The licensee or any partner, member, manager or officer of such licensee has been guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to the business conducted under the license, or guilty of inducing another person to resort to fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to securing for himself or herself or another the license to drive a motor vehicle;
343.66(5)
(5) Subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322 and
111.335, the licensee has knowingly employed, as an instructor, a person who has been convicted of a felony or has retained such a person in such employ after knowledge of his or her conviction; or
343.66(6)
(6) The licensee has failed to maintain satisfactory insurance to meet damage claims in the amounts specified by
s. 343.64 (1) (g).
343.665
343.665
Restriction, limitation, suspension or revocation of driver school license. 343.665(1)
(1) The secretary shall deny, restrict, limit or suspend any driver school license issued under
s. 343.61 or refuse to issue a renewal for such license if the applicant or licensee is an individual who is delinquent in making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or who fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under
s. 49.857.
343.665(2)
(2) The secretary shall suspend or revoke a driver school license issued under
s. 343.61, if the department of revenue certifies under
s. 73.0301 that the licensee is liable for delinquent taxes. A licensee whose driver school license is suspended or revoked under this subsection for delinquent taxes is entitled to a notice under
s. 73.0301 (2) (b) 1. b. and a hearing under
s. 73.0301 (5) (a) but is not entitled to any other notice or hearing under this subchapter.
343.665 History
History: 1997 a. 191,
237.
343.67
343.67
Revocation or suspension of instructor's license. The secretary may suspend or revoke any instructor's license issued under
s. 343.62 or refuse to issue a renewal thereof if:
343.67(1)
(1) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the licensee's application for the license or any renewal thereof;
343.67(4)
(4) The licensee has been guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to securing for himself or herself or another a license to drive a motor vehicle.
