NAC483.123. Monitoring, inspections and reports by Department; correction of deficiencies; actions regarding licensing of third-party certifier or operator of school.

     1. The Department may, annually or as often as it determines necessary, monitor the performance of a third-party certifier who is registered pursuant to NAC 483.1224, including, without limitation, the instruction given, teaching skills demonstrated and testing performed by the third-party certifier. An examiner from the Department may conduct random reexaminations of any student to whom a third-party certifier has given a driving skills test.

     2. The Department may, annually or as often as it determines necessary, conduct an inspection of each vehicle used by a third-party certifier in administering a driving skills test.

     3. Within 30 days after an inspection, the Department will provide a written report to the third-party certifier and the school for training drivers which:

     (a) Indicates compliance; or

     (b) Describes each deficiency and notifies the third-party certifier and the school for training drivers that each such deficiency must be corrected within 30 days after the date on which the notice is received. If each deficiency is not corrected in a timely manner, the Department may, pursuant to NAC 483.1236, suspend or revoke the registration issued to the third-party certifier or take appropriate action against the school for training drivers pursuant to NAC 483.708 to 483.795, inclusive, or both.

     4. If, pursuant to NAC 483.708 to 483.795, inclusive:

     (a) Any action is taken against the instructor’s license issued to the third-party certifier, the Department may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew, as appropriate, his or her registration as a third-party certifier.

     (b) The license issued to the operator of the school for training drivers is:

          (1) Suspended, or if the Department refuses to renew the license issued to the school for training drivers, the Department will, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, suspend the registration of each third-party certifier employed as an instructor by the school until the license of the school has been restored. If the license issued to the operator of the school is not restored, the Department will revoke the registration of each such third-party certifier. This paragraph does not prevent the Department from taking separate disciplinary action against a third-party certifier if the circumstances that resulted in the suspension of, or the refusal to renew, the license of the school for training drivers involved an act or omission by the third-party certifier.

          (2) Revoked, the Department will revoke the registration of each third-party certifier employed as an instructor by the school.

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