1. The driver of a school bus shall hold a driver's license issued by the department of transportation valid for the operation of the school bus and a certificate of qualification* for operation of a commercial motor vehicle issued by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 148 or 150A, physician's assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor or any other person identified by federal and state law as authorized to perform physical examinations, and shall successfully complete an approved course of instruction in accordance with subsection 2. A person holding a temporary restricted license issued under chapter 321J shall be prohibited from operating a school bus. The department of education shall revoke or refuse to issue an authorization to operate a school bus to any person who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined to have committed any of the acts proscribed under section 321.375, subsection 2. The department of education shall recommend, and the state board of education shall adopt under chapter 17A, rules and procedures for issuing and revoking authorization to operate a school bus in this state. Rules and procedures adopted shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for the revocation of, or refusal to issue, authorization to persons who are determined to have committed any of the acts proscribed under section 321.375, subsection 2.
2. A person applying for employment or employed as a school bus driver shall successfully complete a department of education approved course of instruction for school bus drivers before or within the first six months of employment and at least every twenty-four months thereafter. If an employee fails to provide an employer with a certificate of completion of the required school bus driver's course, the driver's employer shall report the failure to the department of education and the employee's authorization to operate a school bus shall be revoked. The department of education shall send notice of the revocation to both the employee and the employer. A person whose school bus authorization has been revoked under this section shall not be issued another authorization until certification of the completion of an approved school bus driver's course is received by the department of education.
[C39, § 5032.05; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.376]
89 Acts, ch 222, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1230, § 71; 91 Acts, ch 201, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1163, § 76; 93 Acts, ch 127, § 9; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §36
*Requirement under §321.375 for school bus drivers to possess certificates of qualification takes effect July 1, 2003; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §34, 48
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