- A. ADA means the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.S Section 12101 et seq.
- B. Bureau means the Traffic Safety Bureau (TSB) of the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department.
- C. certificate means a document issued by the Bureau authorizing a person to serve as a driving safety school instructor.
- D. clean driving record means a person has no more than six (6) points on his/her driver’s license, and has not within the last ten (10) years had his/her driver's license suspended or revoked as a result of a DWI conviction or refusal to submit to or failure of chemical tests pursuant to the Implied Consent Act, or been convicted in any jurisdiction of an alcohol or drug-related driving offense.
- E. convicted or conviction has the meaning given in NMSA 1978, Section 66-8-102.
- F. course or credit hour means fifty (50) minutes of instruction and ten (10) minutes of break time.
- G. designee means a person authorized to perform certain specified duties on behalf of the Bureau.
- H. distance learning course means a web-based driving safety course.
- I. driving safety course or course means a course of instruction approved by the Bureau pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 66-10-11 and includes distance learning courses.
- J. driving safety school or school or licensee means a person licensed by the Bureau to offer driving safety courses.
- K. driving safety instructor or instructor means a person certified by the Bureau as qualified and trained to conduct driving safety courses.
- L. extension site means a location other than the main school site where a licensed driving safety school offers driving safety courses.
- M. Implied Consent Act means NMSA 1978 Sections 66-8-105 through 66-8-112.
- N. limited history driving record means a driving record from the Motor Vehicle Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department that includes driver's license revocations pursuant to the Implied Consent Act.
- O. license means the document issued by the Bureau authorizing a person to operate a driving safety school.
- P. moral turpitude means behavior that gravely violates the accepted moral standards of the community.
- Q. person means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity.
- R. proctored exam means an exam monitored by a person or by electronic or other means to ensure that the person taking the exam is the person who will get credit for passing the exam.
- S. revocation or revoked means the involuntary permanent termination of a license or certificate by the Bureau for cause.
- T. student means a person who has enrolled in a driving safety course.
- U. suspended or suspension means the involuntary termination of a license or certificate by the Bureau for cause for a specified period of time.
[18.20.8.7 NMAC - Rp, 18 NMAC 20.8.7, 1-1-03]