Section 11105.5 Of Chapter 1. Driving Schools And Driving Instructors From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 1.
11105.5
. The department shall issue an independent driving
instructor's license to permit instruction in any city with a
population of less than 50,000, which does not have within it an
established licensed driving school, to any person who meets the
requirements of this chapter relating to instructor's and independent
instructor's licenses, even though such person is not an employee
of, or otherwise associated with or instructing through, a driving
school, except that no independent driving instructor's license shall
be issued to a person to instruct in counties with a population in
excess of 400,000. In addition, an independent instructor must at all
times be employed as an accredited teacher of automobile driver
education or automobile driver training under the provisions of the
Education Code.