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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title17 > Rs17-491.1§491.1. Preemployment driving record examination
A. Prior to any person becoming employed as a regular or substitute school bus operator for the first time, each city and parish school board shall examine the prospective employee's driving record for the five year period immediately preceding the date of employment. Such record must be acceptable according to standards developed jointly by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and approved and promulgated as a rule by the board. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall provide for the examination of driving records as provided in this Section. Any person whose driving record is found to be unacceptable shall not be employed as a school bus operator.
B. The standards referenced in Subsection A hereof shall be developed by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and approved and promulgated as a rule by each school board prior to January 1, 1989, and the provisions of this Section shall only be applicable with respect to persons hired as regular or substitute bus operators for the first time on and after January 1, 1989.
Acts 1988, No. 509, §1.
