Authority: IC 9-14-8-3; IC 9-24-10; IC 9-27-6-6; IC 9-27-6-11

Affected: IC 9-24-10-4; IC 9-24-10-4.5

Sec. 9. (a) A school participating in the driving skills test program may offer to administer a driving skills test to individuals holding a valid Indiana learner's permit.

(b) Schools participating in the driving skills test program must use the driving skills test score sheet prescribed by the bureau to evaluate and score the driving skills test. An individual taking a driving skills test will be tested on the standards expressed in sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this rule.

(c) The signatures of:

1. (1) the instructor who administered the driving skills test; or
2. (2) the school official;

must appear on the driving skills test score sheet for it to be valid. The instructor who administered the driving skills test, or the school official, shall note on the score sheet whether the student passed or failed the test.

(d) A person's driving skills test pass result is valid for the duration of the permit held at the time of test administration, but cannot exceed two (2) years.

(e) A school shall retain score sheets at the school's location for at least two (2) years, and present the score sheets to the bureau on request.

(f) Individuals shall take the driving skills test independently, except as otherwise required by law and without assistance from the instructor.

(g) The driving skills test cannot be conducted during behind-the-wheel training, nor on the same day as behind-the-wheel training.

(h) A school must comply with the following requirements to administer the driving skills test:

1. (1) The driving skills test must be administered by a bureau approved driver training school instructor for skills test administration.
2. (2) The applicant must pay the applicable fees established by the driver education school for each driving skills test administered to the approved test site operator administering the driving skills test.
3. (3) Before taking the driving skills test, an applicant will be required to sign a waiver of liability. The waiver must include a statement that the applicant will hold the bureau and the state harmless for any injury sustained from any accident during the driving skills test.

(i) Skills test results must be submitted to the bureau in an electronic or alternate form prescribed by the bureau.

(Bureau of Motor Vehicles; 140 IAC 4-4-9; filed Nov 12, 1998, 3:00 p.m.: 22 IR 971; readopted filed Nov 16, 2004, 12:25 p.m.: 28 IR 1315; readopted filed Nov 14, 2007, 1:31 p.m.: 20071212-IR-140070562RFA; filed Oct 7, 2008, 10:23 a.m.: 20081105-IR-140080215FRA; readopted filed Nov 3, 2014, 1:43 p.m.: 20141203-IR-140140375RFA; filed Nov 25, 2014, 3:50 p.m.: 20141224-IR-140140292FRA; filed Dec 14, 2017, 1:17 p.m.: 20180110-IR-140170394FRA; filed Feb 9, 2022, 3:34 p.m.: 20220309-IR-140210460FRA; filed Feb 8, 2024, 12:57 p.m.: 20240306-IR-140230734FRA; filed Dec 17, 2024, 1:50 p.m.: 20250115-IR-140240214FRA)