PROHIBITED PRACTICES

A person may not: (1) use advertising that is false, misleading, or deceptive; (2) fail to notify the department of the discontinuance of the operation of a driver training provider before the 15th working day after the date of cessation of classes and make available accurate records as required by this chapter; (3) issue, sell, trade, or transfer: (A) a uniform certificate of course completion or driver education certificate to a person or driver training provider not authorized to possess the certificate; (B) a uniform certificate of course completion to a person who has not successfully completed an approved driving safety course; or (C) a driver education certificate to a person who has not successfully completed a department-approved driver education course; (4) negotiate a promissory instrument received as payment of tuition or another charge before the student completes 75 percent of the course, except that before that time the instrument may be assigned to a purchaser who becomes subject to any defense available against the provider named as payee; or (5) conduct any part of an approved driver education course without having an instructor adequately available to the student for the type of instruction being given.