39-06-05. Restricted instruction permit - When instruction permit not required - Driver's training course

39-06-05. Restricted instruction permit - When instruction permit not required -

Driver's training course.

1. The director upon receiving proper application may issue a restricted instruction permit

effective for a school year or more restricted period to an applicant who is at least

fourteen years of age and enrolled in a commercial driver training course that includes

practice driving and which is approved by the director of the highway patrol under

chapter 39-25. The restricted instruction permit entitles the permittee when the

permittee has the permit in the permittee's immediate possession to operate a motor

vehicle with an approved instructor occupying a seat beside the permittee and on a

designated highway or within a designated area.

2. a. Subject to subdivision b, any student enrolled in behind-the-wheel driver's training

through a high school program approved by the superintendent of public

instruction may operate a motor vehicle, under the supervision of a driver training

instructor certified by the superintendent of public instruction, without a permit or

license to operate a motor vehicle, if the school district sponsoring the driver's

training program has an insurance policy covering any damage that may be done

by a student while operating the vehicle and proof of coverage is filed with the

superintendent of public instruction by the school district's insurance carrier. The

insurance coverage must be in the amount required to establish proof of financial

responsibility.

b. A student may not enroll in a driver's training course through a high school

program approved by the superintendent of public instruction unless the student

will be at least fourteen years of age by the completion date of the classroom

portion of the driver's training course. A student may not participate in the

behind-the-wheel driver's training portion of the driver's training course until the

student is at least fourteen years of age. A student must complete the driver's

training course's required amount of behind-the-wheel driver's training before

successfully completing the course.