The Department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license of a driver training school for any of the following causes:
- A. Conviction of any owner holding 25% ownership or more, manager, or instructor of any crime listed in S.C. Reg. 90-106(A)(3).
- B. The school makes a material false statement, or signs a false affidavit or conceals a material fact in connection with the application for a driver training school license or the application for a driver training instructor’s license;
- C. The school fails to comply with any federal or state laws providing for the licensing, regulation, and operation of driver training schools.;
- D. The school or any agent of the driver training school engages in fraudulent practices in securing for anyone a license to drive a motor vehicle. (“Fraudulent practices”, as used herein, means any conduct or representation on the part of a school or any agent or instructor of a school which would give the impression that a license to operate a motor vehicle may be obtained by any other means than those prescribed pursuant to Chapters 1 and 5 of Title 56 of the South Carolina Code);
- E. The school’s owner(s) is(are) addicted to or dependent upon the use of alcohol, narcotics, or other controlled substances or becomes incompetent to operate a motor vehicle, as defined in Title 56 of the South Carolina Code;
- F. The school violates the South Carolina Unfair Trades Practices Act, in Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the South Carolina Code; or
- G. There is no qualified instructor employed by the school.
HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2007. Renumbered from 90-184 and 90-185 and amended by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5002, eff May 28, 2021. Renumbered from 90-120 and amended by SCSR 46-6 Doc. No. 5105, eff June 24, 2022.