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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-13-6.2. License to teach defensive driving course; license to serve as driver’s license examiner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-13-6.2. License to teach defensive driving course; license to serve as driver’s license examiner.

(a) The commissioner of driver services shall be authorized to issue a special license to the instructor of any driver training school authorizing such instructor to teach a defensive driving course at a driver improvement clinic approved pursuant to Code Section 40-5-83 if such instructor is qualified to teach a driver education training course in accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 40 which consists of a minimum of 30 hours of classroom and six hours of behind-the-wheel training and such instructor certifies to the commissioner that he or she has provided at least 300 hours of behind-the-wheel training in a driver education training course in accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 40.

(b) The commissioner of driver services shall be authorized to issue a special license to the instructor of any driver training school authorizing such instructor to serve as a driver’s license examiner and conduct tests required for issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-27 if such instructor has held his or her license with a driver training school for at least six months and certifies to the commissioner that he or she has provided at least 500 hours of behind-the-wheel training.

## History

Code 1981, § 43-13-6.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 403, § 10/HB 466.

## Effective Date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2021.