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FY 2022 ANNUAL REPORT | GEORGIA DEPARTMENT of DRIVER SERVICES
AGENCY STRUCTURE

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIVISION

The Regulatory Compliance the age of 18 to receive a Class examiners who administered
Division is responsible for D Provisional License. Driver 15,348 third-party non-commercial
records management, as well Training in Georgia consists road skills tests in Georgia.
as administering state laws of 30 hours of theoretical
and agency rules related to instruction (classroom or online) Human Trafficking
the Georgia Driver Training and behind-the-wheel practical DDS supports an education
School Act, the Georgia Driver training (instructor or parent and outreach program backed
Improvement Act, the Georgia taught). In FY2022, 91,942 teens by a Federal grant award
Ignition Interlock Provider’s under the age of 18 completed totaling $312,576 from the U.S.
Act, the Uniform Commercial driver training courses (30 hours Department of Transportation,
Driver’s License Act, the Georgia classroom, 30 hours online, 6 FMCSA, dedicated to improving
Motorcycle Safety Program hours behind-the-wheel). Of this safety on our Nation’s highways
(GMSP), the Georgia Alcohol and number, 31,716 completed the by combating human trafficking
Drug Awareness Program (ADAP), 40-hour parent-taught driving that involves commercial motor
and the issuance of For-Hire experience in lieu of 6-hours vehicles and personnel. This
Endorsements. This responsibility behind-the-wheel training. The enables DDS to maintain a strong
of the latter includes approval of most popular combination of outreach program to help educate
course curricula, certification of driver training for the teens under motorists how to recognize the
programs/providers, training and the age of 18 that obtained their signs of trafficking and ways to
certification of instructors as well Class D driver’s license was the report suspected activity.
as examiners. Additionally, the 30-hour virtual option coupled Commercial Vehicle Driver
division ensures the integrity of with the 40-hour Parent Taught Training
these programs through annual (DDS Parent Teen Driving Guide). At the end of FY2022, there
audits, site inspections, vehicle Forty-nine (49) certified driver were 389,690 persons who
inspections, and instructor training programs hold a special held a valid, unexpired Georgia
observations. certification from the DDS to offer commercial driver’s license (CDL).
The Regulatory Compliance third-party road skills testing to its The agency operates ten (10)
Division is also very involved students. In FY2022 here were CDL testing sites and regulates
in community outreach and 138 non-commercial third-party 18 commercial driver training
conducts over 60 training
events throughout the year.
Through these opportunities, the
Regulatory Compliance Division
seeks to further its mission “to
positively impact the public’s
safety by facilitating the education
of Georgia Drivers.”

Driver Training
Completion of a DDS approved
driver training course is statutorily
required for any teen under

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