Current through Register 1527, August 2, 2024
Section 8.05 - Records and Notices(1) For each bus driver training course and school pupil transport course conducted, the Instructor or company shall maintain:(a) An Electronic system approved by the RMV or two permanently bound books, one for in-service training and one for pre-service training with pages consecutively numbered, containing:1. an initial page headed by the beginning date of the training program, the Instructor's signature, and each trainee's name and address;2. a successive page for each lesson, showing the date, time, topic, length of time and location of each lesson. The trainee must sign and print his or her name prior to the commencement of each lesson; and(b) an individual card file or computer record for each trainee including the trainee's name, address, date of birth, and the date, topic, length of time and location of every lesson received, and the name or initials of the Instructor.(2) All records required to be maintained under M.G.L. c. 90, §§ 8A and 8A½ or 540 CMR 8.00, and sample copies of each examination and the grade received by each trainee (Records) shall be maintained on an up-to-date basis within the custody of the applicable main or branch office of the sponsor of the training program for at least three years following completion of the course to which the Records relate. Such Records must be available during normal business hours for examination by a police officer or other person authorized by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.(3) The Instructor or the custodian of any Records must immediately report to the Registrar by an affidavit the circumstances involving the loss, mutilation or destruction of any Records.(4) Upon written request, the custodian of the Records required to be maintained by 540 CMR 8.00 shall provide any trainee with a copy of his or her individual training record.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1360, eff. 3/9/2018.