(1) The commissioner of a City/Do police agency may designate any driving school registered pursuant to Article 99 and meeting each of the following requirements, as a specialized driving school (hereinafter referred to as "specialized driving school"), as prescribed by Presidential Decree, in order to raise the standards of education concerning the driving of motor vehicles and to upgrade the quality of drivers: <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>
1. A specialized driving school is required to appoint a superintendent (referring to a person in charge of the education of subjects and skills and the operation of the affairs of the specialized driving school; hereinafter the same shall apply) who meets the qualifications specified under Article 105; provided, where a person who establishes and operates a specialized driving school fulfills the requirements for qualifications may concurrently serve as a superintendent, and in such cases, that person shall appoint an assistant superintendent who assists the superintendent:
2. A specialized driving school is required to appoint instructors provided for in Article 106 and skill examiners (referring to persons who perform the skill examinations provided for in Article 108; hereinafter the same shall apply) provided for in Article 107 according to the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree;
3. A specialized driving school is required to have the facilities and equipment in conformity with the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree and other facilities and equipment, etc. necessary to be designated as a traffic safety educational institution pursuant to Article 74 (2);
4. Methods of education, the abilities of graduates to drive motor vehicles, and the operation of the relevant specialized driving school shall comply with the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) The commissioner of a City/Do police agency shall not designate any of the following driving schools as a specialized driving school: <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>
1. A driving school established and operated by a person (hereinafter referred to as "person who has established and operated a driving school, etc.") who has established and operated a driving school or specialized driving school (hereinafter referred to as "driving school, etc."), the registration of which has been revoked pursuant to Article 113 (excluding paragraph (1) 2 through 4), or a driving school established and operated by any former superintendent or vice superintendent within three years from the date the registration of such driving school has been revoked;
2. Where the registration of any driving school has been revoked pursuant to Article 113 (excluding paragraph (1) 2 through 4), the driving school established and operated in the same location within three years from the date the registration of such driving school has been revoked.
(3) When a specialized driving school designated pursuant to paragraph (1) intends to change important matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, it shall obtain approval therefor from the commissioner of a City/Do police agency having jurisdiction over the location of such specialized driving school. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]