Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-20. DefinitionsAs used in section 14-78-20 to section 14-78-52, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies: (1) \"Behind-the-wheel instruction\" means instruction or training provided to a student by a commercia…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-21. Driving school license requiredNo person shall engage in the business of conducting a commercial driving school without a license. A license shall be issued by the commissioner only upon approval of an application filed in a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-22. Application(a) An application for a license to conduct a commercial driving school shall be in writing, and provide information required by the commissioner, on a form or in a format as determined by the commissioner. (b) Th…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-23. Place of business(a) Each place of business of a commercial driving school shall be in a fixed location. A business conducted from a house trailer, tent, temporary structure, temporary address, hotel room, by a telephone ans…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-24. Issuing of license. Display(a) Upon approval of an application for a license by the commissioner, one or more license certificates shall be issued to the applicant. The license period shall be valid in accordance with sectio…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-25. Denial of applicationThe commissioner may deny an application for a commercial driving school license or its renewal as provided in sections 14-70 and 14-72 of the Connecticut General Statutes. A denial shall be in writing a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-26. License renewal(a) A licensee may renew a license to conduct a commercial driving school by paying the renewal fee, providing the prescribed cash deposit or surety bond pursuant to Section 14-78-22(e) of the Regulations of C…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-27. Revocation or suspension of license; civil penalty(a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke a commercial driving school license or impose a civil penalty for any violation of any state or federal law that is reasonably rela…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-28. Change in ownership or address(a) A licensee shall notify the commissioner immediately by certified mail, if there is a change in the ownership of the business, including a change in partners or corporate officers, or a chan…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-29. Change in location(a) No business office or classroom of a licensee may be moved to a new location or utilized without prior approval of the commissioner. The licensee shall submit proof that the new location meets governmen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-30. Advertising(a) No commercial driving school shall, through its advertising, or in any other manner, hold out to the public or to any individual that such school can guarantee or assure the issuance of an operator's license. …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-31. Change in curriculumNo substantial deviation in the curriculum approved by the commissioner, as provided in subsection (g) of section 14-78-22 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be made by the licensee o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-32. Records(a) Each commercial driving school shall maintain written records, updated at least monthly, in a permanently bound book, with pages consecutively numbered, or in a computer data base or the like. The licensee shall m…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-33. Classroom instruction and full course offering for students(a) No commercial driving school shall offer any classroom instruction intended to meet the driver education requirements for persons under the age of eighteen (18) …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-33a. Safe driving practices course for students eighteen years of age or older(a) Each commercial driving school offering classroom instruction in accordance with subsection (a) of section 14-78-33 of the Regulations of Connecti…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-34. Behind-the-wheel instruction(a) Behind-the-wheel instruction shall not be given to a student who has not reached the age of sixteen (16) years. (b) A student shall not be provided behind-the wheel instruction unless the stud…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-35. Drivers' education certificates for those sixteen and seventeen years of age(a) Each person sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age upon completion of the driver education program, and being determined by the commercial …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-36. Driver's education certificates for those eighteen years of age or olderA commercial driving school shall issue to a student eighteen (18) years of age or older a driver's education certificate indicating whichever of the fo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-37. Duration of instructionEach clock hour of instruction in either classroom or behind-the-wheel instruction shall consist of sixty (60) minutes of instruction. Behind-the-wheel instruction shall not exceed two (2) clock hours …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-38. Driving test(a) No commercial driving school shall rent or lease a motor vehicle for taking a driving test at any department approved testing site, unless the vehicle is a dual control motor vehicle and such person has had a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-39. Dual controlsAll motor vehicles used by a commercial driving school to instruct students in the operation of a motor vehicle shall be equipped with dual controls on the foot brake and on the clutch if so equipped, and locate…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-40. Inspection. Vehicle requirements(a) The department shall use its inspection lanes to inspect each motor vehicle designated for behind-the- wheel instruction to verify its fitness for use and that the required safety equipmen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-41. Vehicles failing inspectionIf a motor vehicle does not pass an inspection by the department, the commercial driving school shall repair such defects or discrepancies, or both, and such motor vehicle shall be re-inspected usi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-42. Safety equipment to remain intactNo motor vehicle shall be used for behind-the-wheel instruction or driver testing if the seat belts, shoulder straps, warning equipment, air bags or other safety equipment with which the vehi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-42a. Laboratory or simulator experienceA student sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age may be provided with driving practice in a laboratory setting using a driving simulator, but no more than eight (8) hours of such drivi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-43. Students to meet minimum vision requirements(a) No driving school shall give any behind-the-wheel instruction to any person eighteen years of age or older until such person has passed a screening to determine that such perso…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-44. Driver examinations(a) A student who wishes to take his or her driving test using a motor vehicle owned or leased by a licensed commercial driving school shall schedule such driving test in the manner prescribed by the commi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-45. Proficiency testing(a) Each commercial driving instructor licensed by the commissioner in accordance with section 14-73 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be subject to peri…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-46. Insurance(a) Every vehicle used in a driver education program shall be registered as required by law, and shall have a minimum liability insurance and uninsured motorist coverage for each vehicle of three hundred thousand do…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-47. Change in ratesA driving school shall file with the commissioner an amended rate schedule at least five (5) business days prior to the effective date of any such rate change. Such rate schedule shall be on a form approved by…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-47a. Posting of ratesA commercial driving school shall post its rates for instruction pursuant to section 14-78 of the Connecticut General Statutes. For each place of business, commercial driving schools shall display such sign …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-48. Instructor requirements(a) No person shall provide any instruction to a student in a driver education program unless such person complies with the requirements of section 14-73 of the Connecticut General Statutes, makes appl…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-49. Master driving instructor requirementsNo person shall be a master instructor unless such person complies with the requirements of section 14-73 of the Connecticut General Statutes, makes application to the commissioner, pays…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-50. Denial of an instructor's applicationThe commissioner may deny an application for an instructor's license or master instructor's license or its renewal, as provided in sections 14-74 and 14-75 of the Connecticut General Stat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-51. Instructor license renewal(a) A licensee may renew his or her instructor license or master instructor license by filing a renewal application in accordance with sections 14-78-48 or 14-78-49 or both, of the Regulations of Co…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-78-52. Revocation or suspension of instructor's license or imposition of civil penaltyA person whose instructor's license or master instructor's license has been revoked or suspended, or whose application for renewal has been denie…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-1—14-80-4. (Repealed) Repealed July 1, 1977.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-2a. Service brakes(a) Each motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles shall be equipped with service brakes maintained in good and proper operating condition adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles within the following spe…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-3a. Parking brake(a) Each passenger motor vehicle or motor vehicle with a G.V.W.R. of 10,000 lbs. or less having a hydraulic or any other type service brake system shall be equipped with a parking brake system which upon actuati…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-5. (Repealed) Repealed February 22, 1985.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-6. Siren permitsPermits for the use of sirens on motor vehicles belonging to members of volunteer fire companies or associations shall be limited the volunteer fire chiefs and their first and second deputies or their first and s…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-10a. Validity of regulationsIf any section or subsection of these regulations is found invalid, the remainder will continue to be valid and enforceable. TABLE 1-DISTANCE CORRECTION FACTORSIf the distance between the Microphone …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-1a. Stopping distance\"Stopping distance\" as used in section 14-80-2a means the distance traveled by a vehicle or combination of vehicles from the point of application of force to the brake control to the point at which the veh…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80-1—14-80-18. (Repealed) Repealed June 1, 1978.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-2a. ProvisionsExcept as provided in section 14-80a-3a of this regulation, the requirements in sections 14-80a-1a through 14-80a-10a apply to motor vehicles and snowmobiles at any time or under any condition of surface grade, ve…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-3a. ExceptionsSections 14-80a-1a through 14-80a-10a do not apply to:(a) The sound generated by a warning device, such as a horn or siren installed in a motor vehicle, unless such a device is intentionally sounded in order to pr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-4a. Allowable noise levelsMotor vehicle and snowmobile noise emissions when measured with the sound level measuring microphone located 50 feet (15.2 m) from the target point in accordance with the requirements of section 14-80a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-5a. Sound level measurement tolerances(a) Measurement tolerances shall be allowed to take into account the effects of the following factors: (1) The standard practice of reporting field sound level measurements to the nearest w…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-6a. Instrumentation(a) Sound level meter: The sound level meter shall meet or exceed the requirement of American National Standard Specification for sound level meters (ANSI S1.4-1971), approved April 27, 1971 and issued by the…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 14-80a-7a. Measurements of noise emissions(a) Ambient conditions:(1) Prevailing background sound level: The ambient A weighted sound level at the microphone location as measured in the absence of motor vehicle noise emanating from wit…