Approval

PURPOSE: This rule establishes an approval process for driverimprovement programs mandated by section 302.178, RSMo. (1) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission designates the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety and Traffic Division to choose a designee who will receive and process applications to provide a DriverImprovement Program (DIP). (2) The designee shall make a provider application available within five (5) business days of receipt of a written request. (3) A course outline, instructor qualifications, and an assessment of training aids and facilities used by the program shall be submitted with the application. (4) The designee shall review properly completed and submitted DIP applications and deny the application or issue a provider certificate within forty-five (45) working days of receipt. The designee shall issue a provider certificate upon satisfactory compliance of approval procedures and established criteria for DIPs. Each certificate shall be signed and have a unique identifying number. (5) The signed certificate authorizes a provider’s DIP for one (1) calendar year following the date of issuance. If the DIP varies significantly from the material submitted for approval, then authorization may be withdrawn upon thirty (30) days notice. AUTHORITY: section 302.178, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 11 CSR 30-3.010. Original rule filed Oct. 15, 1986, effective Jan. 12, 1987. Moved to 7 CSR 60-3.010 and amended: Filed Oct. 17, 2016, effective July 30, 2017. Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 6, 2022, effective Dec. 30, 2022. *Original authority: 302.178, RSMo 1999, amended 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2014.