§ 507 — Miscellaneous provisions

New York § 507

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law VAT: Vehicle & Traffic
• Title 5: Drivers' Licenses
• Art. 19: Licensing of Drivers

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§ 507. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding\nany other provisions of this article, a class D or class M license,\nwhichever is appropriate, may be issued to a minor seventeen years of\nage who has successfully completed a driver education course approved by\nthe state education department and the commissioner in a high school or\ncollege and who has submitted proof of completion of the minimum hours\nof supervised driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of\nsection five hundred two of this article; provided however, the Yeshiva\nof Staten Island, which operates as a high school, may provide driver\neducation courses at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of\nStaten Island and the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten\nIsland, located in the county of Richmond; provided however, the Hebrew\nAcademy of Nassau County, a unified school that operates a high school,\nmay provide a driver education course approved by the state education\ndepartment in a middle school or elementary school location provided\nsuch course instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not\nin session. No such driver education course may be approved unless\nclassroom training is provided by a person approved by the state\neducation department and the commissioner. However, a school district\nmay contract with one or more licensed drivers' schools to provide\nbehind the wheel training, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the\ncommissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the requirements for\nlicensing of such minors. A student enrolled in such an approved driver\neducation course may operate a motor vehicle without holding a driver's\nlicense or a learner's permit while under the immediate supervision of\nan instructor in such course or a driver's school instructor providing\nbehind the wheel training in such a course, provided such operation is\nin accordance with the rules established by the commissioner. Every\nstudent who successfully completes such course in a day, evening or\nsummer school program offered by a public or private school shall\nreceive certification of such completion on a certificate prescribed by\nthe commissioner.\n 2. Failure to exhibit license. Failure by a licensee to exhibit a\nlicense valid for operation under this chapter to any magistrate, motor\nvehicle license examiner, motor vehicle investigator, peace officer,\nacting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer shall be\npresumptive evidence that he is not duly licensed.\n 4. Entry into military service. If any person who enters military\nservice shall fail to give timely notification in writing of such entry\nto the commissioner, the commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to\nrenew such person's driver's license, if such license is not otherwise\nrenewable under the provisions of this article.\n 5. Road tests. A motor vehicle license examiner or other agent\ndesignated by the commissioner, while engaged in conducting a road test\nis not deemed to be a supervising or an accompanying driver in relation\nto the applicant being tested.\n