Section 1340-01-04-.01 - PURPOSE(1) To establish a uniform system for conducting a Driver Improvement Program whereby the Department is authorized to evaluate driver records based on accidents and/or convictions for moving traffic violations and to establish and assign point values according to the seriousness of the accidents or convictions for moving traffic violations, and whereby a driver may, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing to contest the records of the Department of Safety, be required to enter into a rehabilitation procedure and/or have the driver's driving privileges suspended when the records of the Department indicate that the driver has contributed to the occurrence of accidents and/or has been convicted of moving traffic violations and has accumulated sufficient points, or when the Department has reason to believe that the driver is unable to safely operate a motor vehicle due to physical or mental disability.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1340-01-04-.01
Repeal and new rule filed March 12, 1986; effective June 14, 1986. Repeal and new rule filed August 5, 1996; effective December 27, 1996. Repeal and new rule filed April 18, 2005; effective August 26, 2005. Repeal and new rule filed March 11, 2008; effective July 29, 2008.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202 and 55-50-505.