(1) An applicant for licensure as an instructor shall:
- (a) submit an application in a form the division approves;
- (b) subject to Subsection (4), pay a fee the division determines in accordance with Section 63J-1-504;
- (c) provide satisfactory documentation that the applicant is currently licensed or permitted in the discipline that the applicant is seeking to instruct;
(d) provide satisfactory documentation that the applicant has completed six months of work experience in the discipline the applicant intends to instruct and:
- (i) an instructor training program of 75 clock hours; or
- (ii) an on-the-job training program of 75 clock hours; and
- (e) meet the examination requirement the division requires by rule the division makes in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
- (2) An applicant for an instructor license or permit under this chapter whose education in the discipline for which a license or permit is sought was completed at a foreign school may satisfy the educational requirement for licensure by demonstrating, to the satisfaction of the division, the educational equivalency of the foreign school education with a licensed school under this chapter.
(3)
- (a) An individual may not instruct a discipline unless the individual has an instructor license that allows instruction of that discipline.
- (b) The division shall make rules establishing which disciplines each type of instructor license may instruct.
- (4) The division may not charge a fee to an individual applying for licensure as an instructor under this chapter if the individual is a licensed instructor in any other discipline under this chapter.
- (5) The division may offer any examination this section requires that a national testing organization prepares.
- (6) For purposes of a national accrediting agency that the United States Department of Education recognizes, on-the-job instructor training described in this section is not considered a program.
Amended by Chapter 64, 2026 General Session