322.095 Traffic law and substance abuse education
program for driver's license applicants. ---
(1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must
approve a traffic law and substance abuse education course that must be
completed by applicants for a Florida driver's license. The curriculum for
the course must provide instruction on the physiological and psychological
consequences of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, the societal and
economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse, the effects of alcohol and drug
abuse on the driver of a motor vehicle, and the laws of this state relating to
the operation of a motor vehicle. All instructors teaching this course shall
be certified by the department.
(2) The department shall contract for an independent evaluation
of the course, and shall provide documentation to the Legislature by October
1, 2000, measuring course effectiveness. Local DUI programs authorized under
s. 316.193(5) and certified by the department or a driver improvement school
may offer the traffic law and substance abuse education course. However, prior
to offering the course, the course provider must obtain certification from the
department that the course complies with the requirements of this section.
The course provider must offer the approved course at locations reasonably
accessible to most applicants and must issue a certificate to those persons
successfully completing the course.
(3) The completion of the course does not qualify a person for
the reinstatement of a driver's license which has been suspended or
revoked.
(4) The fee charged by the course provider must bear a reasonable
relationship to the cost of the course. The department must conduct financial
audits of course providers conducting the education courses required under
this section or require that financial audits of providers be performed, at
the expense of the provider, by a certified public accountant.
(5) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person who
has been licensed in any other jurisdiction or who has satisfactorily
completed a Department of Education driver's education course offered pursuant
to s. 233.063.
(6) Each course provider must collect a $3 assessment fee in
addition to the enrollment fee charged to participants of the traffic law and
substance abuse course required under this section. The $3 assessment fee
collected by the course provider must be forwarded to the department within 30
days after receipt of the assessment.
History: s. 1, ch. 89-134; s. 72, ch. 93-120; s. 4, ch. 93-246; s. 4, ch.
95-326.
