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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 4TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
CHAPTER 84DRIVER EDUCATION AND SAFETY
SUBCHAPTER MCURRICULUM AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
RULE §84.502Driving Safety Courses of Instruction

    (F) Requirements for authorship. The course materials must be written by individuals or organizations with recognized experience in writing instructional materials.

    (G) Renewal of course approval. The course approval must be renewed every even-numbered year.

      (i) For approval, the course owner shall update all the course content methodology, procedures, statistical data, and references to law with the latest available data.

      (ii) The department may alter the due date of the renewal documents by giving the approved course six months' notice. The department may alter the due date in order to ensure that the course is updated six months after the effective date of new state laws passed by the Texas Legislature.

    (H) If, upon review and consideration of an original, renewal, or amended application for course approval, the department determines that the applicant does not meet the legal requirements, the department shall notify the applicant, setting forth the reasons for denial in writing.

    (I) The department may revoke approval of any course given to a provider under any of the following circumstances:

  (2) Any information contained in the application for the course approval is found to be untrue;

  (3) The school has failed to maintain the courses of study on the basis of which approval was issued;

  (4) The provider has been found to be in violation of the Code, and/or this chapter; or

  (5) The course has been found to be ineffective in meeting the educational objectives set forth in subsection (a)(1)(A).


Source Note: The provisions of this §84.502 adopted to be effective April 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 1400; amended to be effective March 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 1431; amended to be effective July 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 3875; amended to be effective March 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 1698; amended to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 6069; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5394; amended to be effective May 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 2522; amended to be effective June 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 2702

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