Foreword

(1) Pursuant to the authority granted by chapter 19, title 59, T.C.A., the Department of Safety, through its commissioner, has adopted the following rules and regulations governing commercial driver training enterprises and commercial driver training instructors in the state of Tennessee, (2) These rules and regulations, together with the provisions of chapter 19, title 59, T.C.A., will be used to establish the criteria needed by the Department of Safety in evaluating the qualifications of applicants for licenses for driver training enterprises and driver training instructors. (3) The owners of professional driver training enterprises and driver training -instructors are concerned with the procedures and policies to be used by the department in administering the provisions of this law. In like manner, the Department of Safety is interested in helping applicants meet the high standards required of drivers and consequently safer highways in Tennessee can be achieved by maintaining high standards and striving to meet them. To this end, your Department of Safety has dedicated its greatest efforts.