Driving instructor

(1) The driving instructor licence shall be issued if

1. the applicant has reached the age of 21,

2. the applicant is mentally and physically fit,

3. the applicant is professionally and pedagogically suitable,

4. there are no facts against the applicant that make him/her appear unreliable for the driving instructor profession,

5. the applicant has at least completed vocational training in a recognised apprenticeship or has an equivalent prior qualification,

6. the applicant is in possession of the driving licence for the category for which the driving instructor licence is to be issued,

7. the applicant has held a category B driving licence for at least three years and, if the driving instructor licence is also to be issued for category A, CE or DE, also holds a category A2, CE or D driving licence for two years in each case,

8. the applicant has been trained as a driving instructor in accordance with § 7 within the last three years before the driving instructor licence was issued,

9. the applicant has passed an examination in accordance with § 8 and

10. the applicant has the German language skills required to carry out the professional activity.

The applicant is unreliable within the meaning of sentence 1 number 4 in particular if he has repeatedly and grossly violated the duties incumbent upon him under this Act or the ordinances issued on the basis of this Act.

(2) Two years' possession of a category CE or D driving licence is not required if the applicant for a category CE or D driving instructor licence has driven motor vehicles of the category applied for for six months on a full-time basis - predominantly as a member of the Federal Armed Forces, the Federal Police or the police - or has undergone 60 driving lessons of 45 minutes of additional training in a driving school on such motor vehicles after obtaining the driving licence.

(1) In the application for a driving instructor licence, the applicant shall indicate the driving instructor licence category for which he/she wishes to obtain the driving instructor licence. The application must be accompanied by:

1. official proof of the place and date of birth,

2. a curriculum vitae,

3. a certificate or an expert opinion on the fulfilment of the physical and mental aptitude requirements for applicants for a category C1 driving licence and a certificate or an expert opinion on the fulfilment of the eyesight requirements for applicants for a category C driving licence, which are not older than one year at the time of application,

4. a copy of the driving licence issued after 1 January 1999; it must be officially certified if the driving licence is not presented for inspection,

5. proof of the previous education required in accordance with § 2 paragraph 1 sentence 1 number 5,

6. a certificate from the officially recognised driving instructor training centre on the duration of the training provided in accordance with § 7,

7. the application for a category BE driving instructor licence must also be accompanied by a certificate from the training driving school confirming the duration of the training provided in accordance with § 7.

(2) The proof referred to in paragraph 1 sentence 2 number 3 may also be provided by a driving licence with the valid driving licence categories C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D or DE obtained after 31 December 1998. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 sentence 2 number 3, also in conjunction with sentence 1, the competent authority under federal state law may request an expert opinion from an officially recognised assessment centre for driving aptitude on the driver's mental or physical aptitude if there is reasonable suspicion that there may be deficiencies in mental or physical aptitude.

(3) The applicant must also submit a certificate of good conduct within the meaning of Section 30a(1)(1) of the Federal Central Criminal Register Act in accordance with Section 30(5) of the Federal Central Criminal Register Act, which must not be older than three months.

(4) In order to check the requirements under Section 2 (1) no. 4, the competent authority under federal state law shall obtain information from the driving aptitude register at the applicant's expense. The certificates relating to the training in accordance with § 7 in accordance with paragraph 1 sentence 2 numbers 6 and 7 must be submitted after completion of the training.