The Driving School Licensing Act shall not apply to nonprofit corporations that provide motor vehicle accident prevention courses approved by the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation and that are engaged in providing courses exclusively for drivers who are fifty years of age or older. History: Laws 1993, ch. 68, § 55; 2015, ch. 6, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, amended the exemption from the Driving School Licensing Act by requiring motor vehicle accident prevention courses under this section to be approved by the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation, and by reducing, to fifty years old, the minimum age of course participants for these accident prevention courses; after prevention courses, deleted 'that fulfill the requirements of Section 59A-32-14 NMSA 1978', and added 'approved by the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation', and after 'drivers who are', deleted 'fifty-five' and added 'fifty'. Traffic safety bureau's authority to approve motor vehicle accident prevention courses. — Nonprofit corporations that provide motor vehicle accident prevention courses approved by the traffic safety Traffic safety bureau's authority to approve motor vehicle accident prevention courses. — Nonprofit corporations that provide motor vehicle accident prevention courses approved by the traffic safety bureau and are engaged in providing courses exclusively for drivers who are fifty years of age or older are exempt from the Driver's School Licensing Act's (DSL Act) requirements, 66-10-12 NMSA 1978; this exemption does not suggest that the traffic safety bureau may only approve accident prevention courses for older drivers when they are provided by nonprofit corporations. The DSL Act requires the traffic safety bureau to license any 'person, firm, association or corporation' including for-profit entities, it deems qualified to operate a driver education school or engage in the business of giving instruction for hire in the driving of motor vehicles. Exemption from Driving School Licensing Act (12/12/17), Att'y Gen. Adv. Ltr. 2017-07.
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