15A-8.002. Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning indicated.

(1) Assessment Fee – A $2.50 fee for each person who elects to complete an Advanced Driver Improvement or Basic Driver Improvement course and a $3.00 fee for each person who completes a Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education course, which must be collected by the driver improvement school and remitted by the course provider to the Department.

(2) Class – One or more sessions of an approved driver improvement course conducted by a driver improvement school.

(3) Course Provider – Any person or entity who owns the copyright or the proprietary interests in a driver improvement course(s) or has received written permission from the course owner to facilitate use of the course by a driver improvement school in the State of Florida. A driver improvement school or person can be designated as the course provider, but only one course provider shall be designated for each driver improvement course in the State of Florida.

(4) Court Ordered Completion – Completion of a driver improvement course by a student pursuant to an order or directive of a court of competent jurisdiction. This does not include completion required by the Department or elected by the student not mandated by the court.

(5) Department – The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

(6) Driver Improvement Course – A curriculum approved by the Department for use in the State of Florida pursuant to Section 318.1451 or 322.095, F.S.

(a) Basic Driver Improvement (BDI) Course – A curriculum designed for drivers who attend pursuant to Section 318.14(9) or 322.0261, F.S.

(b) Advanced Driver Improvement (ADI) Course – A curriculum designed for drivers who attend by order of the court or pursuant to Section 322.291, F.S.

(c) Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education Course – A curriculum designed for new drivers who have not been licensed in any other jurisdiction and required by Section 322.095, F.S.

(7) Driver Improvement School – An authorized person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, public school system, public community college or public university which conducts Department approved Basic Driver Improvement, Advanced Driver Improvement, or Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education courses in the State of Florida.

(8) Elective Student – A person who attends a Basic Driver Improvement course pursuant to Section 318.14(9), F.S.

(9) New Driver Improvement Course – An unapproved Driver Improvement Course without prior effectiveness data from any jurisdiction.

(10) Person – Every natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, public school system, public community college or public university.

(11) Provisional Approval – Approval granted by the Department to a driver improvement course in order to conduct the effectiveness study required by Section 318.1451(5), F.S.

(12) Revocation – The permanent withdrawal of Department approval of a driver improvement course for use in the State of Florida.

(13) Senior Citizen Discount Insurance Course – A curriculum designed for drivers pursuant to Section 627.0652, F.S.

(14) Student – Any person who enrolls in a driver improvement course.

(15) Suspension – The temporary or conditional withdrawal of Department approval of a driver improvement course for use in the State of Florida.

(16) Applicable – Directly or indirectly affects the conduct of the effectiveness or orderly implementation of a driver improvement course in the State of Florida.

Rulemaking Authority 322.02(4) FS. Law Implemented 318.1451 FS. History–New 12-24-91, Amended 5-7-96.