NAC483.1224. Third-party certifier: Eligibility; scope of authority; assignment of number by Department.

     1. An instructor at a school for training drivers which owns or leases 10 or more vehicles for which a Class A, Class B or Class C driver’s license is required may apply to the Department for registration as a third-party certifier. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an instructor who is registered as a third-party certifier may certify the driving ability of any student enrolled at the school for training drivers who wishes to obtain a Class A, Class B or Class C driver’s license and may sign an affidavit of certification to that effect. The instructor may not sign such an affidavit with respect to the instructor’s own driving ability.

     2. An instructor who is registered as a third-party certifier shall not:

     (a) Certify the driving ability of a student unless the instructor has at his or her disposal at least one vehicle requiring the same class of driver’s license as the class of driver’s license for which the student’s driving ability is being certified; or

     (b) Sign an affidavit of certification for the operation of a vehicle for which a particular class of driver’s license is required unless the instructor has at his or her disposal at least one vehicle requiring the same class of driver’s license as that required for the vehicle the operation of which is to be certified by affidavit.

     3. An instructor who is registered as a third-party certifier must:

     (a) Successfully complete a 40-hour course provided by the Department for administering a driving skills test;

     (b) Hold a valid driver’s license of the class and type for which the instructor is certifying the driving ability of a student and signing an affidavit of certification; and

     (c) Administer the driving skills test in a class of vehicle requiring the same class and type of driver’s license as the class and type of driver’s license for which the student’s driving ability is being certified.

     4. The Department will assign a number to each instructor whom the Department registers as a third-party certifier. This number must be used when completing an affidavit of certification. The number assigned by the Department to a third-party certifier pursuant to this subsection is personal to the instructor to whom it has been assigned and must not be transferred to or used by any other person.

     5. An instructor who is registered as a third-party certifier may certify the driving ability of only those students who are enrolled at the branch locations of the school for training drivers for which the instructor is registered as a third-party certifier.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R107-03, eff. 2-18-2004)