{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-23-85--2","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-23-85","heading":"Driver instructor permits required.","body":"A person connected with driver training schools or private, parochial, or public high schools shall not engage in either classroom only instruction, or behind the wheel only instruction, or both, unless the person has obtained and holds a valid driver instructor permit or temporary driver instructor permit issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.\nAppropriate examination for an instructor permit must be at the discretion of the department. Driver instructor permits shall expire on the date of license expiration of the respective driver training school for which the driver instructor is permitted. Fees for driver instructor permits shall be according to the following schedule: the fee for each driver instructor permit issued with a validity period of one to twelve months shall be twenty dollars, the fee for each driver instructor permit issued with a validity period of thirteen to twenty-four months shall be forty dollars, the fee for each driver instructor permit issued with a validity period of twenty-five to thirty-six months shall be sixty dollars, and the fee for each driver instructor permit issued with a validity period of thirty-seven to forty-eight months shall be eighty dollars. Public and private high school instructors are not required to pay a fee for a permit. The proceeds from the sale of instructor permits must be deposited in the state general fund.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 23 Driver Training Schools"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T04:26:35Z","sha256":"55bed665a38ea407424b111eec41f746c79c6082692d65208cf6beaa729f566f","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-23-85","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-23-87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}