A. The bureau shall issue a license certificate to each applicant to conduct a driver education school or to each driver education instructor when it is satisfied that the person has met the qualifications required under the Driving School Licensing Act and if a school complies with the minimum driver education program standards established by the bureau.

B. The bureau shall prescribe minimum driver training program standards.

C. All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of the Driving School Licensing Act shall expire annually, unless canceled, suspended or revoked sooner. The bureau shall establish annual expiration dates for the licenses by rule, and each category of driving school may have a different license expiration date. Licenses shall be renewed subject to application and payment of the required fee.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-35-5, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 185, § 5; 1993, ch. 68, § 49; 2007, ch. 187, § 1.

Cross references. — For approved driver education courses in high schools, see 22-13-12 NMSA 1978.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, amended Subsection C to require the bureau to establish annual expiration dates for licenses by rule and permits each category of driving school to have a different license expiration date.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "education" for "training" in two places in the section heading and throughout the section; substituted "bureau" for "appropriate division of the state department of education, as determined by the state superintendent of public instruction" near the beginning of Subsection A, and for "department" and "state department of education" at the end of Subsection A and in Subsection B; deleted the former second sentence of Subsection B, pertaining to the program standards; and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.