New York Laws
Article 19 - Licensing of Drivers
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.