Section 11204 Of Chapter 1.5. Traffic Violator Schools From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 1.5.
11204
. (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each
traffic violator school owner and each traffic violator school
operator licensed pursuant to this chapter. The term of the license
shall be for a period of one year from the date of issue unless
canceled, suspended, or revoked by the department. The license shall
be renewed annually. The department shall require compliance with
Section 11202 for renewal of the license of a traffic violator school
owner. The department shall require compliance with Section 11202.5
for renewal of the license of a traffic violator school operator.
(b) (1) In lieu of the examination required by Section 11202.5 for
renewal of the license of a traffic violator school operator, the
department may accept submission of evidence by the licensee of
continuing professional education.
(2) "Professional education," as used in paragraph (1), means the
satisfactory completion of courses acceptable to the department
related to traffic safety, teaching techniques, or the teaching of
driver instruction, or the participation in professional seminars
approved by the department.
(c) Whenever in its judgment the public interest so requires, the
department may issue a probationary license subject to special
conditions to be observed by the licensee in the conduct of the
traffic violator school. The conditions to be attached to the license
shall be any that may, in the judgment of the department, be in the
public interest and suitable to the qualifications of the applicant
as disclosed by the application and investigation by the department
of the information contained therein. The conditions may not appear
on the license certificate.
(d) Upon notification of the death of a traffic violator school
licensee, the department may issue a temporary license to the
executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased holder of a
validly outstanding license to conduct a traffic violator school, or
if no executor or administrator has been appointed and until a
certified copy of an order making an appointment is filed with the
department, a temporary license may be issued to the surviving spouse
or other heir entitled to conduct the business of the deceased. The
temporary license shall permit the holder to conduct the traffic
violator school for a period of one year from and after the date of
the original licensee's death, and necessary one-year extensions may
be granted to permit disposal of the business and qualification for a
license of a purchaser of the business or the surviving spouse or
heir. The department may restrict or condition a temporary license
and attach to the exercise of the privilege thereunder any terms and
conditions that in the department's judgment are required for the
protection of the public.