# Title 38 — Highway Patrol

## Article 38-07 — Commercial Driver Training School Requirements

## Chapter 38-07-01 — Definitions

### § 38-07-01-01. Definitions.

In this article, unless the context or other subject matter requires:
1. "Commercial driver's license" means a license issued under North Dakota Century Code
chapter 39-06.2 which authorizes an individual to drive a class of commercial motor vehicle as
defined in subsection 6 of North Dakota Century Code section 39-06.2-02
2. "Contract" means a written agreement between the commercial driver training school and a
student for classroom instruction, behind-the-wheel training, internet course, or any
combination thereof.
3. "Internet course" means an electronic course of instruction as authorized under paragraph 2 of
subdivision a of subsection 2 of North Dakota Century Code section 39-06-01.1.
4. "Lesson" means a continuous period of time during which instruction is given for the purpose
of operating a motor vehicle whether by classroom instruction, practice driving, or internet
course. A one-hour lesson means one hour of actual instruction.
5. "Location" means a designated site at which the business of a commercial driver training
school is transacted and its records are kept.
6. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the North Dakota highway patrol.
7. "Owner" means a person or persons, including a partnership, a corporation, or other business
entity, that has a vested interest in and control over a school.
8. "Safe mechanical condition" means the continual compliance with safety requirements of
vehicles that are used to train school students and have passed either a state safety
inspection or a federal motor carrier safety administration inspection.
History: Effective December 1, 1988; amended effective June 1, 2002; July 1, 2013.
General Authority: NDCC 39-25-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 39-06-01.1, 39-25-01
