Enforcement is the effectiveness of the policy.
Mass. DOT/RMV Regulation and Procedure
PO Box 55889 • Boston MA • 02205 Tel:
857-368-8000 • TDD: 877-768-8833
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Alternative/Off Hours Road Test Booking Policy
Effective November 5, 2012
(Amended)
Alternative /Off Hours road test bookings are
available to the Professional Driving School industry, and are
scheduled based on the availability of RMV personnel.
Alternative /Off Hours road tests are offered outside of the
regular business hours of the RMV.
The policies for these road tests are applied
uniformly to all participating schools. The policy of the
Registry is that an Alternative /Off Hours road test is
equivalent to any Registry road test in its evaluation of the
driving skills of the applicant.
Request for Alternative /Off Hours Road Test
schedule will be made available to a Professional Driving School
based on the date and time that the RMV receives the request for
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test in a manner and format required
by the RMV.
Professional Driving Schools scheduling
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test are subject to all RMV Rules
and Regulations and RMV Policy and Procedures concerning
vehicles and sponsors utilized for the purpose of sponsoring an
applicant.
Instructor credentials and vehicle(s) will be
validated at each Alternative /Off Hours Road Test booking.
Failure to have a valid Professional Driving Instructor
certificate and a Professional Driving School vehicle that meets
the RMV Safety and Emission Regulatory requirements will result
in testing being denied and any fees collected will be
forfeited.
Driving schools are forbidden to conduct
financial transactions at a test site or in the testing vehicle.
All testing will be cancelled if financial transactions are
witnessed by Registry personnel and fees will be forfeited. This
is for the safety and integrity of all parties involved. This
policy will be strictly enforced.
Booking Procedures
Effective November 5, 2012 requests for
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test will be accepted every Monday
for the next available Alternative /Off Hours Road Test
schedule. This will be for the weekend after the upcoming
weekend. Requests will be scheduled based on the time they are
received in the RMV Road Test account. Requests will not be
accepted if they are submitted earlier than 12:01 am on Monday
morning.
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All requests must to be submitted to
the RMV via email at roadtest.registry@state.ma.us.
The subject line of the email should
contain the name of the Driving School.
The Alternative /Off Hours Road Test
Request Form will be in an Excel spreadsheet. Schools will be
provided the required form for submittal.
Requests that are not submitted via email
in the required format will not be accepted.
The RMV will not open the schedule for
more than thirty days (30) days from the date requests are
accepted.
In the event of a holiday celebrated on
Monday, the booking requests and payments will be made on
Tuesday.
Applicant Requirements
Professional Driving Schools will be required
to have a minimum of twenty (20) applicants in order to schedule
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test.
All applicants included in the request for
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test must have their Driver
Education Certificate issued prior to being scheduled for an
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test. Any applicant submitted for an
Alternative /Off Hours Road Test that does not have a Driver
Education Certificate will be rejected. If the rejection of an
applicant results in the request including less than twenty (20)
applicants the complete list for road test will be returned.
After a list is submitted, no additions will be permitted.
Cancelations must be received by the close of business on the
Friday 8 days prior to the scheduled test date.
Certificate requests are to be
submitted on the Driver Education Certification Request Form
(Form #T21060-0412
)
and is available on the web at:
www.mass.gov/rmv/forms/21060_0412.pdf.
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/forms/21060_0412.doc
Requests are to be mailed to:
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Driver Education Certificate Department
P.O. Box 55889 • Boston, MA 02205-5889
Professional Driving Schools that can not
meet the minimum requirement of twenty (20) applicants may
coordinate with other driving schools to achieve the minimum
applicant requirement
If the RMV determines that geographic
need for a roster and sufficient staffing is available, the RMV
may make available a roster at an RMV location for those schools
that can not meet the twenty applicant minimum.
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Fee
A twenty dollar ($20.00) Alternative/Off
Hours Road Test fee will be charged per applicant booked for a
test. The fee will be collected on the Monday after request for
Alternative/Off Hours Road Test are submitted. If the RMV is
unable to collect the required fee from the Professional Driving
School on that Monday by 4:00 pm, the request and roster will be
rejected. The Professional Driving School is responsible for
contacting the Road Test Booking Department to make payment.
Road test appointments not paid by 4:00 pm on Monday will be
cancelled.
Conducting of Alternative/Off Hours Road Test
Schools will be contacted by
close-of-business on the Wednesday after booking the
Alternative/Off Hours Road Test by the Road Test Booking
Department to confirm acceptance of the roster and to schedule a
start time and confirm a location for the exams.
Professional Driving School will be required
to have one (1) vehicle for every thirty (30) students that are
scheduled for Alternative /Off Hours Road Test. There is a
maximum of sixty (60) students that can be booked per date.
Based on available examiners and in
conjunction with school rosters, schools will either be
scheduled for a morning time slot or an afternoon time slot.
Slots are determined on an individual basis and up to the
discretion of the road test supervisor.
Exams may be held at the auto school
location; however, based on the road test supervisors’
discretion, exams may be required to report an RMV branch
location.
Applicants may not appear in the order in
which they are scheduled on the master list.
Upon completion of the Saturday roster, the
RMV examiner will retain the road test applications.
Licensing Procedures for Applicants of
Alternative/Off Hours Road Test
Applicants that are schedule Alternative/Off
Hours Road Test should contact the RMV to pre-pay all required
license and road test fees.
When the applicant passes the RMV Examiner
will validate the back of the applicants permit. An applicant
should not operate a vehicle with the validated permit as a
license until they receive the official driver’s license in the
mail.