1. (a) Each driver education school must:

   1. (1) Maintain a current mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if applicable) with the department.
   2. (2) ensure that each individual permitted to give classroom instruction or in-car instruction at the school or classroom location has a valid current driver education instructor's license with the proper endorsement issued by the department.
   3. (3) provide instruction or allow instruction to be provided only in courses that are currently on the school's list of approved courses;
   4. (4) complete, issue, or validate a DE-964 or ADE-1317 only to a person who has successfully completed the entire portion of the course for which the DE-964 or ADE-1317 is being issued;
   5. (5) authorize, approve, or conduct instruction in a motor vehicle that meets the requirements stated in §84.42 (relating to Motor Vehicles); and
   6. (6) ensure that no instructor provides more than 10 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction per day.
2. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), an instructor-trainee may engage in practice teaching lessons necessary for the purpose of licensing in an approved location under the direction and in the presence of a licensed instructor.

3. (c) Each driver education school owner-operator or employee that purchases driver education certificate numbers from the department must:

   1. (1) develop and maintain a means to ensure the security and integrity of student information, especially financial and personal information, in transit and at rest;
   2. (2) develop and maintain a means to ensure the privacy of student data, including personal and financial data, and make the corporate privacy policy available to all course students;
   3. (3) develop and maintain a department-approved method for printing and issuing original and duplicate driver education certificates that, to the greatest extent possible, prevents the unauthorized production or misuse of the certificates; and
   4. (4) ensure that the front of each driver education certificate contains the department's complaint contact information and current department telephone number in a font that is visibly recognizable.

Source Note:The provisions of this §84.41 adopted to be effective April 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 1400.