Driving Safety: Providers

All driving safety schools & instructors must be licensed by the State of New Mexico as per the NMAC.

First-time licensees are required to apply with the following forms:

• New School Application 
• New Instructor Application 
  • DPS Form
  • MVD Request for Limited Driving History
  • Health Certificate
  • DSS Curriculum Outline
  • DSS Training Variance

New instructors must also complete a Bureau sponsored or approved Instructor Training Course designed to teach instructional strategies, classroom management, or acquisition of teaching competencies in order to obtain licensure: TRAINING CALENDAR

Licenses must be renewed each year.

Renewals are applied for with the following forms: 

• Renewal Application: School
• School Renewal Variance
• DSS Curriculum Outline
• Renewal Application: Instructor
• MVD Request for Limited Driving History
  • Health Certificate
  • DSS DPS/CEU/Health Certificate Variance
• Change of Address Application

Quarterly Reports

The licensing year for driving safety begins in November & ends in October of the following year. All private providers of driver education are required to submit reports to Traffic Safety Center each quarter on the following schedule:

Quarter 1 = November-January Reports- Due February 10^th

Quarter 2 = February-April Reports- Due May 10^th

Quarter 3 = May-July Reports- Due August 10^th

Quarter 4 = August-October Reports- Due November 10^th

If your school did not conduct any classes during the quarter, please inform Traffic Safety Center so your school’s files remain up to date: DSS-Quarterly-form

Certificates

Certificates of Completion must be ordered from Traffic Safety Center by private driving safety providers. Certificate eligibility will be determined by the number of completions reported in the previous quarter.

• Approval for the number of Certificates of Completion (COCs): This is based on the total completions from the last quarter and the number of COC’s that remain in your possession.
• Referral Cards and GDLs: These are based on the total enrollments from the last quarter and the number that remain in your possession.

Please allow 7 business days for TSC staff to process your order once we receive your emailed order form.

An appointment will be required for material pick-up.

Material Order Form (PDF) 

Material Order Form (Word)

Monitoring

The Traffic Safety Center (TSC) is obligated to monitor all driving safety providers under the NMAC 18.20.8.15 (A) TSC “Shall conduct periodic evaluations of driving safety schools using the criteria developed by the Bureau…”

Please keep the TSC up-to-date on your planned classroom schedules so such monitoring can by conducted with minimal interference.  

Curriculum

First-time licensees are required to submit curriculum for approval to our office. Curriculum can be individually prepared by the owner/operator of the school, or you may choose to utilize curriculum pre-approved by the Traffic Safety Center. Please find a list of approved Driver Education curriculum options listed below:

• National Safety Council: The Defensive Driving Course
• AAA: Driver Improvement