Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-5-14

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 91-5-14 - Motorcycle instruction

(a)

(1) Motorcycle instruction shall be offered only to students who are 15 years of age or older and either have completed an approved course in driver education or hold a valid motor vehicle operator's license. Each course shall include a minimum of 20 hours of instruction, which shall include no fewer than eight hours of classroom instruction and an average of no fewer than six hours of behind-the-bar instruction per student. If on-street driving instruction is provided, the instruction shall not exceed one hour per day, except that one instructional period in each program may be extended to a maximum of two hours.

(2) Instructors of an approved motorcycle course shall hold a motorcycle instructor permit or a chief instructor permit.

(3) Students shall successfully complete all phases of an approved motorcycle education course to be eligible for the division of vehicles' certification of completion.

(4) No program shall have more than 12 students per instructor for off-street instruction or more than six students per instructor for on-street instruction.

(5) If on-street instruction is provided, during this instruction each student shall wear a bright orange or yellow riding vest inscribed with the words "student driver."

(6) All programs meeting the requirements for an approved course shall be eligible for reimbursement through the motorcycle safety fund.

(b) Qualifications for motorcycle instructor and chief instructor permits; duration of permits; renewals.

(1) A person shall be issued a motorcycle instructor permit if the person meets the following qualifications:

(A) Has a valid driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement;

(B) is at least 18 years of age;

(C) has no more than two moving traffic violations within two years of the date of application for a permit;

(D) has no conviction of any of the traffic violations specified in K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto;

(E) has successfully completed a beginning rider's course approved by the state board; and

(F) has successfully completed a 60-hour instructor's course approved by the state board.

(2) A person shall be issued a chief instructor permit if the person meets the following require-ments:

(A) Has a valid driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement;

(B) is at least 21 years of age;

(C) has no more than two moving traffic violations within two years of the date of application for a permit;

(D) has no conviction of any of the traffic violations specified in K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto;

(E) has successfully completed a chief instructor's course approved by the state board; and

(F) has taught three beginning rider's courses within two years of the date of application.

(3) Each motorcycle instructor permit and each chief instructor permit shall be valid for three years, unless the person holding the permit has either of the following:

(A) Two or more moving traffic violations during the validity period of the permit; or

(B) a conviction of any of the crimes specified in paragraph (b)(1)(D) of this regulation.

(4) Each motorcycle instructor and each chief instructor may renew the permit if the instructor meets the following requirements:

(A) Has taught at least one beginning rider's course each year, if an instructor, or at least one instructor's course during the past three years, if a chief instructor;

(B) has taught at least one motorcycle riding course each year; and

(C) has no more than two moving traffic violations within the past three years and no conviction of any of the traffic violations specified in K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-5-14

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 8-272; effective May 1, 1978; amended May 1, 1979; amended May 1, 1980; amended May 1, 1982; amended, T-84-2, Feb. 10, 1983; amended May 1, 1984; amended Jan. 23, 1998; amended Feb. 9, 2001.