PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements necessary to obtain an instruction permit issued by the director of revenue. (1) An applicant for a Missouri instruction permit shall meet the licensing provisions of Chapter 302, RSMo. (2) An applicant shall not be issued a restricted temporary instruction permit until one hundred eighty-two (182) days after his/her fifteenth birthday. (3) Until his/her sixteenth birthday, the holder of a restricted temporary permit shall be accompanied at all times while driving a motor vehicle by a grandparent, parent or guardian as defined in the following:

1. (A) Grandparent shall include a foster grandparent, step-grandparent or adoptive grandparent;
2. (B) Parent shall include a foster parent, stepparent or adoptive parent; and
3. (C) Guardian shall be a court-appointed guardian, or, in the event the parent, grandparent or guardian of the person under sixteen (16) years of age has a physical disability which prohibits or disqualifies them from being a qualified licensed operator, the parent, grandparent or guardian may designate a maximum of two (2) individuals authorized to accompany the applicant for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the motor vehicle. The designee must meet the requirements outlined in section 302.130, RSMo. The parent, grandparent or guardian must complete a certified statement prescribed by the director of revenue and must provide the designee’s full name and driver’s license number. The name and driver’s license number of the designee shall be displayed on a label affixed to the temporary permit.
4. (4) The restricted temporary instruction permit form shall be the same form used for sixteen (16)-year old applicants, except such form shall state that the person until age sixteen (16) shall be accompanied by a grandparent, parent, guardian or designated person as specified in section (3) of this rule while driving a motor vehicle.
5. (5) The restricted temporary instruction permit shall not entitle the holder to legally operate a motorcycle, motortricycle or motorized bicycle unless an M is shown in the endorsement box.

6. (6) An applicant shall not be issued a temporary motorcycle instruction permit to legally operate a motorcycle or motortricycle until one hundred eighty-two (182) days after his/her fifteenth birthday.

   1. (A) The applicant shall apply for this permit with written consent from the parent or guardian. A parent or guardian is defined in (3)(B) and (C) of this rule.
   2. (B) The written consent shall be verified by the clerk in the field office.
7. (7) The restricted temporary instruction permit or temporary motorcycle instruction permit shall expire six (6) months (one hundred eighty-four (184) days) from the date of application and is nonrenewable.
8. (8) An applicant, upon expiration of a restricted temporary instruction permit or temporary motorcycle instruction permit, may apply for one (1) six (6)-month temporary instruction permit upon payment of the appropriate fee without being required to retake the written and vision tests. The temporary instruction permit may be renewed one (1) time upon the payment of the appropriate fee.
9. (9) The temporary instruction permit shall entitle the holder to operate a motorcycle, motortricycle or motorized bicycle legally. When operating a motorcycle or motorized bicycle, the holder shall not carry any passengers and shall operate that vehicle only during daylight hours.

10. (10) A student permit shall be issued to an applicant enrolled in a high school driver training program taught by a driver training instructor holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

    1. (A) The applicant shall be at least fifteen

11. (15) years of age.

    1. (B) The applicant shall be accompanied by a driver training instructor holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate issued by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at all times while driving a motor vehicle.
12. (11) The student permit shall not entitle the holder to legally operate a motorcycle, motortricycle or motorized bicycle.

13. (12) The fees for instruction permits shall be as follows:

    1. (A) Restricted temporary instruction permit—one dollar
    2. (B) Temporary motorcycle instruction permit—one dollar
    3. (C) Temporary instruction permit—one dollar
    4. (D) Student permit—one dollar

AUTHORITY: sections 302.130 and 302.132, RSMo Supp. 1997.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 16, 1991, effective Sept. 26, 1991, expired Jan. 23, 1992. Original rule filed Sept. 16, 1991, effective Jan. 13, 1992. Amended: Filed Sept. 15, 1995, effective March 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Dec. 12, 1997, effective June 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 1998, effective March 30, 1999. *Original authority: 302.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1951, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 302.132, RSMo 1995. 12 CSR 10-24 ($1) ($1) ($1) ($1).