1986                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 587

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws
6-102.4

(b) A Class B, D, or E license may be issued to a
person who is at least 16 years old if the person has
[passed] SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED a driver's education
course approved [by the State Department of Education or
the Department of Motor Vehicles, consisting of not less
than 30 hours of classroom instruction and not less than
6 hours of behind-the-wheel driving. ] IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 6-701 THROUGH 6-706,
INCLUSIVE, OF THIS ARTICLE. Any person who has been
regularly licensed to drive in another state for six
months or longer and who can establish to the
satisfaction of a qualified driver training instructor
that [their] HIS driving experience is sufficient to
justify [their] HIS being exempt from further
behind—the—wheel driver training shall be exempt from
that part of the driver's education course requiring not
less than six [(6) ] hours of [behind-the—wheel driving]
APPROVED LABORATORY INSTRUCTION; however, [they] HE shall
be required to complete not less than thirty [ (30)] hours
of [driver training] THE REQUIRED classroom instruction
GIVEN BY AN APPROVED SCHOOL. [Such a course may be given
by a public school, a private school, or a licensed
professional driver training school.]

6-105.

(b) An instruction and examination license shall
entitle the person to whom it was issued to drive
vehicles and combinations of vehicles of the class or
classes specified herein, as described more particularly
in § 6—102.2 with respect to drivers, but only while the
holder of the instruction and examination license is
accompanied by and under the immediate supervision of a
person who:

1. Is licensed in Maryland or in another state to
drive vehicles of the class then being driven by the
holder of the instruction and examination license;
PROVIDED THAT THE PERSON HAS HELD A LICENSE FOR AT LEAST
3 YEARS AND IS 21 YEARS OR OLDER;

2. Is actually occupying a seat beside the holder
of the instruction and examination license, unless the
vehicle is a motor—driven cycle. A motorcycle learner's
permit shall entitle the holder thereof to operate a
motorcycle on the highways, as a learner, while under the
instruction and immediate supervision of a licensed
motorcycle operator. Motorcycle learners shall carry
only an instructor properly licensed to operate a
motorcycle.