Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-6-105.2: Instructor permit

Service Oklahoma may issue an instructor permit to any qualified

secondary school driver education instructor as defined by the State

Board of Education rules and regulations for Oklahoma high school

driver and traffic safety education or any driver education

instructor, certified by Service Oklahoma, of a parochial, private,

or other nonpublic secondary school upon a proper application to the

State Board of Education or the Department of Public Safety in the

case of secondary schools that are not regulated by the State Board

of Education or a commercial driver training course instructor, as

provided for in Sections 801 through 808 of this title. Service

Oklahoma shall promulgate rules for the issuance of the permits.

Any instructor as defined in this section who has been issued a

permit may instruct any person who is at least fifteen and one-half

(15 1/2) years of age, any person who is at least thirteen and one-

half (13 1/2) years of age who will qualify for the permit to

operate farm vehicles as provided for in Section 6-105 of this

title, or any person who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and

of secondary school or higher educational standing while regularly

enrolled and certified by the instructor as a student taking a

prescribed course of secondary school driver education or a driver

education course, certified by Service Oklahoma, from a parochial,

private, or other nonpublic secondary school or a commercial driver

training course, as defined by Sections 801 through 808 of this

title, to operate a motor vehicle while accompanied by and receiving

instruction from the instructor who is actually occupying a seat

beside the driver.