As used in this chapter, the term:
(3.1) “Clinical evaluation” means an evaluation under Chapter 7 of Title 37 at a facility to diagnose an individual’s substance abuse or dependence and, if indicated, to refer the individual to appropriate treatment.
(8.1) “Driver education training course” means any course approved by the department pursuant to Code Section 40-5-10.
(8.2) “Driver training school” means any person licensed by the department pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 43.
(9.1) “For-hire license endorsement” means an endorsement to a driver’s license pursuant to Code Section 40-5-39 that authorizes the holder of the license to operate a motor vehicle for the purpose of transporting passengers in this state for compensation or donation as a limousine carrier, ride share network or driver, or taxi service as such terms are defined in Code Section 40-1-190.
(13.5) “Personal information” means any information that identifies a person, including but not limited to an individual’s fingerprint, photograph, or computerized image, social security number, driver identification number, name, address (other than five-digit ZIP Code), telephone number, and medical or disability information.
provided, however, that no person shall be considered a resident for purposes of this chapter unless such person is either a United States citizen or an alien with legal authorization from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(16.01) “Ride share driver” means an individual who uses his or her personal passenger car, as defined in paragraph (41) of Code Section 40-1-1, to provide transportation for passengers arranged through a ride share network service.
(16.02) “Ride share network service” means any person or entity that uses a digital network or Internet network to connect passengers to ride share drivers for the purpose of prearranged transportation for hire or for donation. The term “ride share network service” shall not include any corporate sponsored vanpool or exempt rideshare as such terms are defined in Code Section 40-1-100, provided that such corporate sponsored vanpool or exempt rideshare is not operated for the purpose of generating a profit.
(16.1) “Singularly or in combination” means that the department, in determining whether or not a person’s license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways is to be revoked as a habitual violator, is to treat each charge for which a conviction was obtained as a separate transaction when determining whether or not a person has the requisite convictions which mandate such a revocation.
(16.2) “Substance abuse treatment program” means a program of treatment under Chapter 7 of Title 37 at a facility authorized to provide services designed to meet an individual’s substance abuse treatment needs based upon the results of a clinical evaluation performed by a provider other than the provider of the treatment program for such individual.
History. Code 1933, § 68B-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1008, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1154, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1886, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 1994, p. 514, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 920, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1250, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 40; Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 8; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1446, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 731, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 17-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-78/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2010, p. 932, § 1/HB 396; Ga. L. 2011, p. 355, § 1/HB 269; Ga. L. 2014, p. 710, § 1-6/SB 298; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1262, § 5/HB 225; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 40/HB 323; Ga. L. 2021, p. 403, § 1/HB 466.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “United States Immigration and Naturalization Service” for “U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service” in the undesignated paragraph at the end of paragraph (15).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, added paragraphs (8.1) and (8.2).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, the terms defined in this Code section were placed in alphabetical order and redesignated accordingly and at the end of the introductory language of paragraph (15) the quotation marks around “resident” were deleted.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “ZIP Code” was substituted for “ZIP code” in paragraph (13.5).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Teen-age and Adult Driver Responsibility Act’.”
Ga. L. 1997, p. 760, § 27, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment made by the Act to this Code section shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1997, and shall not apply to offenses committed prior to that date.
Law reviews.
For article on the effect of nolo contendere plea on conviction, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 196 (1997).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 203 (1997).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 213 (2015).