Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-6-206.1

A. A driver improvement or defensive driving course is a course

which offers an educational setting and provides for driving

concepts which encourage attitude or behavioral changes in the

responsibility of operating a motor vehicle in a safe and

responsible manner.

B. It shall be the responsibility of the institution or

organization to provide:

1. Adequate facilities which meet or exceed state and local

fire, health and safety codes;

2. Adequate equipment, in good working order, and instructional

materials for such courses;

3. Qualified instructors who shall:

a. possess an undergraduate degree, have possessed an

instructor’s license pursuant to Section 804 of this

title for at least five (5) years, or be a peace

officer certified by the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training (CLEET),

b. have no alcohol or drug-related convictions or

revocations in the past five (5) years,

c. have no more than five (5) points accumulated on the

driving record in the past three (3) years in

accordance with the Oklahoma Mandatory Point System,

d. have a valid Oklahoma driver license, and

e. complete a course of training through the approved

organization or institution;

4. A course of study designed to inform the participant of

driver improvement and defensive driving concepts while encouraging

attitude or behavioral changes in the responsibility of operating a

motor vehicle in a safe and responsible manner. The curriculum,

which means the complete lesson plans which include instructional

strategy, presentation methods and resources utilized to incorporate

the concepts of traffic safety, must provide for but not be limited

to the following:

a. driver personality traits - behavioral attitudes,

b. driver qualifications and limitations,

c. effects of alcohol and other drugs, and

d. current accident prevention and defensive driving

techniques: speed control, perception, reactions,

lane positioning, safe turning and passing, occupant

restraints, following distance and rules of the road;

and

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5. Provide at least four (4) hours of classroom instruction.

C. Organizations or institutions desirous of making application

shall submit the following to the Department of Public Safety:

1. Evidence of organizational or institutional status which

meet statutory requirements;

2. Copy of proposed course curriculum which includes lesson

objectives, presentation materials, instructional strategy and

resources utilized;

3. Certification that instructors meet statutory requirements;

and

4. Upon Department of Public Safety approval, the organization

or institution shall be considered for point credits as set forth in

this section.

D. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to grant a

two-point credit towards the Oklahoma Point System Regulations to

any person who successfully completes a course pursuant to this

section provided only one such course shall be acknowledged once

every twenty-four (24) months.

E. The Department, upon giving of notice and hearing, may

decline to grant credit points to any organization or institution

for:

1. Unethical conduct of an instructor or official of an

institution or organization;

2. Failure to satisfactorily resolve citizens’ complaints;

3. Falsifying or misrepresenting any document or information to

the Department or student;

4. Failure of an organization or instructor to meet statutory

requirements;

5. Conflict of interest by the organization or institution

and/or its personnel; or

6. Failure of an organization, institution or instructor to

continue to meet statutory requirements as provided for in this

section.

F. Course enrollment shall be limited to not more than thirty

students.

G. Enrollment in the course shall not be limited to persons

ordered to enroll, attend and successfully complete the course.

H. The organization or institution shall within fifteen (15)
or

6. Failure of an organization, institution or instructor to

continue to meet statutory requirements as provided for in this

section.

F. Course enrollment shall be limited to not more than thirty

students.

G. Enrollment in the course shall not be limited to persons

ordered to enroll, attend and successfully complete the course.

H. The organization or institution shall within fifteen (15)

days of the completion certify to the Department of Public Safety

all persons who successfully complete the course on a form approved

or furnished by the Department. This shall include the person’s

full name, address, date of birth and driver license number.

I. Department personnel shall be admitted to any course without

charge, upon request and display of proper credentials.

J. Each organization or institution shall develop auditing

procedures which could be utilized to show compliance with this

section.

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K. Any point credit allowed must comply with the Department’s

Point System Regulations.