N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 507: Miscellaneous provisions

§ 507. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding

any other provisions of this article, a class D or class M license,

whichever is appropriate, may be issued to a minor seventeen years of

age who has successfully completed a driver education course approved by

the state education department and the commissioner in a high school or

college and who has submitted proof of completion of the minimum hours

of supervised driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of

section five hundred two of this article; provided however, the Yeshiva

of Staten Island, which operates as a high school, may provide driver

education courses at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of

Staten Island and the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten

Island, located in the county of Richmond; provided however, the Hebrew

Academy of Nassau County, a unified school that operates a high school,

may provide a driver education course approved by the state education

department in a middle school or elementary school location provided

such course instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not

in session. No such driver education course may be approved unless

classroom training is provided by a person approved by the state

education department and the commissioner. However, a school district

may contract with one or more licensed drivers' schools to provide

behind the wheel training, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the

commissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the requirements for

licensing of such minors. A student enrolled in such an approved driver

education course may operate a motor vehicle without holding a driver's

license or a learner's permit while under the immediate supervision of

an instructor in such course or a driver's school instructor providing

behind the wheel training in such a course, provided such operation is

in accordance with the rules established by the commissioner. Every

student who successfully completes such course in a day, evening or

summer school program offered by a public or private school shall

receive certification of such completion on a certificate prescribed by

the commissioner.

2. Failure to exhibit license. Failure by a licensee to exhibit a

license valid for operation under this chapter to any magistrate, motor

vehicle license examiner, motor vehicle investigator, peace officer,

acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer shall be

presumptive evidence that he is not duly licensed.

4. Entry into military service. If any person who enters military

service shall fail to give timely notification in writing of such entry

to the commissioner, the commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to

renew such person's driver's license, if such license is not otherwise

renewable under the provisions of this article.

5. Road tests. A motor vehicle license examiner or other agent

designated by the commissioner, while engaged in conducting a road test

is not deemed to be a supervising or an accompanying driver in relation

to the applicant being tested.