Driver Testing Businesses and Examiners

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Examiners are required to periodically submit the following forms to the Driver Testing Unit:

• Live Scan Fingerprint Background Check Request form (completed by an approved Michigan State Police live scan vendor. Please email the MDOS-DriverTesting@Michigan.gov to obtain the current form.

Effective July 3, 2023, automobile and motorcycle skills testing examiners no longer need to provide medical certificates to retain their authorization to test. CDL examiners are no longer required to submit their medical card to our department as they self-certify at the Secretary of State office during issuance and renewal.

• Standard Verbal Instructions - Automobile Test
• Automatic Failures List - Automobile Test
• Standard Verbal Instructions - 2 and 3 Wheel Motorcycle RST
• Motorcycle RST - Automatic Failures List
• Notice to Unsuccessful Motorcycle Test Applicants
• Driving Test Route Form

Upon establishing an e-Services account, reference the following materials to access and manage your account:

• Schedule an automobile skills test
• Schedule a motorcycle skills test
• Edit details
• Cancel a test
• Enter test results
• View completion receipts
• Access driver testing business e-Services FAQs
• Set up an e-Services Account - Driver Testing Business Instructions - New Account Managers
• Set up an e-Services Account - Driver Testing Business Instructions - New Users

Driver testing business requirements

• Maintain an established place of business and obtain Department of State approval for a testing sites.
• Respond to all driver testing service inquiries by the next business day.
• Publish a printed fee and refund policy and provide receipts. Test fees are set by the driver education testing business and are not regulated by law.
• Maintain a surety bond.
• Ensure examiners attend and pass all required training and obtain department authorization before administering tests.

The Michigan Department of State enters into written agreements with driver testing businesses to administer driving skills tests as part of the driver’s license testing process, as authorized by the Michigan Vehicle Code (Public Act 300 of 1949). If the department determines a driver testing business has failed to comply with any requirements under the terms of the written agreement, including acts or omissions by an examiner, designated representative or owner, the department may terminate the agreement immediately or take other actions as prescribed in the agreement.

• Attempt to corrupt a designated examining officer by giving, offering, or promising any gift or gratuity to influence the opinion or decision of the test.
• Vary, shorten, or in any way change the standard, agreed-upon testing procedures.
• Forge, counterfeit, or alter a driver test certificate issued by a designated examining officer.

The Michigan Department of State's Driver Testing Unit investigates complaints involving motorcycle, automobile, and commercial driver's license skills tests. Test applicants with complaints against a driver testing business or examiner may submit a formal complaint using the Statement of Complaint form. The complaint form can be submitted by mail, fax, or email. Statement of Complaint form