The County Book, Anne Arundel County
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Each driving school credential expires on its expiration date if the completed renewal application was not received at least 2 calendar weeks before expiration. There is no late renewal: a holder who misses the received-by date must reapply for the credential and meet all the application requirements again.
A certified driving school shall submit an annual report to the Administration by January 31 for the previous year, in the format required by the Administration, covering enrollment and participation counts. The license chapter carries its own January 31 annual-report duty.
A certified school shall submit a program completion certification electronically to the Administration within 1 business day of the student's completion of the program, and shall tell the student their driving record will not be updated for at least 3 business days after completion. Corrected completion information is due electronically within 1 business day of the Administration's notification of any errors.
A Maryland driving school and its instructors hold four credentials, each running its own 2-year term from its own date of issuance: the school license and instructor license under Title 15, and the school certification and instructor certification under Title 16. A school may only provide driver education program courses if it is both licensed and certified, and instructor certification requires the instructor to be licensed first.
Where a school has certified an instructor's employment, the school immediately shall notify the Administration of any termination of employment of the driving instructor. A certified school shall also report changes, including newly employed or terminated instructors and training vehicles, in writing within 5 business days. The license chapter's operational rule allows 30 days for changes in the information on the latest application or renewal form, including instructors terminated or no longer employed and training vehicles.
A licensed school shall have each training vehicle inspected annually by a licensed State inspection station and may not use a vehicle that has not passed. The school shall submit a copy of the annual inspection certificate to the Administration within 1 business day, and shall notify the Administration in writing within 1 business day of the addition or removal of a training vehicle.
An apprentice instructor permit is valid for 6 months and may not be extended or renewed. It may only be issued once to the same individual, and is cancelled at the expiration of the 6-month approval period, on an unsatisfactory criminal-history record, or when the apprentice is no longer employed by the certified school.
New drivers must complete an MVA-approved driver's education course of a minimum of 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction. Classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction is to be completed within 18 weeks unless the student requests an extension, and a certified school shall give not less than 8 hours notice for a cancellation or postponement of more than 2 hours of a scheduled session.