permits.
1. a.
(1)A person who is at least eighteen years of age and who, except for the person’s
lackofinstructioninoperatingamotorvehicle, wouldbequalifiedtoobtainadriver’slicense,
shall, upon meeting the requirements of section 321.186 other than a driving demonstration,
and upon paying the required fee, be issued an instruction permit by the department. Subject
to the limitations in this subsection, an instruction permit entitles the permittee, while having
the permit in the permittee’s immediate possession, to operate a motor vehicle, other than a
commercial motor vehicle or as a chauffeur or a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating of sixteen thousand one or more pounds, upon the highways for a period not to exceed
four years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary in the
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permits.
1. a. (1) A person who is at least eighteen years of age and who, except for the person’s
lackofinstructioninoperatingamotorvehicle, wouldbequalifiedtoobtainadriver’slicense,
shall, upon meeting the requirements of section 321.186 other than a driving demonstration,
and upon paying the required fee, be issued an instruction permit by the department. Subject
to the limitations in this subsection, an instruction permit entitles the permittee, while having
the permit in the permittee’s immediate possession, to operate a motor vehicle, other than a
commercial motor vehicle or as a chauffeur or a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating of sixteen thousand one or more pounds, upon the highways for a period not to exceed
four years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary in the year of issuance. If the applicant
for an instruction permit holds a driver’s license issued in this state valid for the operation of
a motorized bicycle or a motorcycle, the instruction permit shall be valid for such operation
without the need of an accompanying person.
(2) A permittee shall not be penalized for failing to have the instruction permit in
immediate possession if the permittee produces in court, within a reasonable time, an
instruction permit issued to the permittee and valid at the time of the permittee’s arrest or
at the time the permittee was charged with failure to have the permit in the permittee’s
immediate possession.
b. (1) Except as otherwise provided, a permittee who is eighteen years of age or older
must be accompanied by a person issued a driver’s license valid for the vehicle operated who
is a member of the permittee’s immediate family if the family member is at least twenty-one
years of age, an approved driver education instructor, a prospective driver education
instructor who is enrolled in a practitioner preparation program with a safety education
program approved by the state board of education, or a person at least twenty-five years of
age, and who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver.
(2) However, if the permittee is operating a motorcycle in accordance with this
section or section 321.180B, the accompanying person must be within audible and visual
communications distance from the permittee and be accompanying the permittee on or in a
different motor vehicle. Only one permittee shall be under the immediate supervision of an
accompanying qualified person.
2. a. The department shall adopt rules to administer commercial learner’s permits in
compliance with the procedures set forth in 49 C.F.R. §383.73. An applicant for a commercial
learner’s permit must hold a valid class A, B, C, or D driver’s license issued in this state,
must be at least eighteen years of age, and must meet the qualifications to obtain a valid
commercial driver’s license, including the requirements set forth in section 321.188, except
for the required driving skills test.
b. A commercial learner’s permit shall be a separate document from a commercial or
noncommercial driver’s license. A person operating a vehicle pursuant to a commercial
learner’s permit shall have both the commercial learner’s permit and the commercial or
noncommercial driver’s license issued to the person within the person’s possession.
c. A commercial learner’s permit shall be valid for a period not to exceed the period
provided in 49 C.F.R. §383.25(c) and 49 C.F.R. §383.73(a)(3).
d. A commercial learner’s permit shall be valid for the operation of a commercial motor
vehicleonlywhenthepermitholderisaccompaniedbyaholderofavalidcommercialdriver’s
license with the proper commercial driver’s license group designation and endorsements
necessary to operate the commercial motor vehicle, and who is at all times physically present
inthefrontpassengerseatofthevehicle, orinthecaseofapassengervehicle, directlybehind
or in the first row behind the permit holder in a position to directly observe and supervise the
permit holder.
(1) When a commercial learner’s permit is issued to the holder of a commercial driver’s
license, this paragraph “d” only applies to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for
which the permit holder’s commercial driver’s license is not valid.
(2) When a commercial learner’s permit is issued to the holder of a noncommercial
driver’s license, this paragraph “d” only applies to the operation of a commercial motor
vehicle.
e. The issuance of a commercial learner’s permit is a precondition to the initial issuance
of a commercial driver’s license. The issuance of a commercial learner’s permit is also a
precondition to the upgrade of a commercial driver’s license if the upgrade requires a driving
skills test. The holder of a commercial learner’s permit is not eligible to take a driving skills
test required by section 321.188 for the first fourteen days after the permit holder is issued
the permit.
f. A commercial learner’s permit is not valid for the operation of a vehicle transporting
hazardous materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. §383.5.
3. A person, upon meeting each of the following requirements, shall be eligible to
apply for a chauffeur’s instruction permit valid for the operation of a motor vehicle, other
than a commercial motor vehicle, as a chauffeur when the permittee is accompanied by a
person, possessing a valid class D driver’s license or commercial driver’s license valid for
the operation of the motor vehicle and the accompanying person is actually occupying a
seat beside the permittee. An applicant must be at least eighteen years of age, otherwise
qualified to obtain a class D driver’s license, and must meet the requirements of section