Question & AnswerQ&A (LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-175)
Regional Directors are authorized to accept, process, and approve applications for renewal of accreditation or permits from driving schools and instructors within their geographical area of responsibility and to issue accreditation certificates.
Driving schools must submit: a machine copy of a valid Mayor's Permit; duly certified machine copy of the school's certificate of remittances with the SSS; certificates of registration and latest registration payments of motor vehicles used for practical lessons; machine copy of previous accreditation of school instructors; machine copy of valid driver's licenses of driving school instructors; and original receipt of payment of renewal fee.
Driving school instructors only need to comply with producing a machine copy of their valid driver's license and the original receipt of payment of the renewal fee.
They are tasked to conduct an ocular inspection of the school and its premises to check adherence to Administrative Order No. 2, series of 1980, and to recommend approval or disapproval of the application for accreditation renewal.
The permit to operate expires on December 31 of the year where it was issued.
The Regional Office must report and furnish the Committee on Driving Schools a list of the driving schools and instructors accredited by the Region in the specified format attached to the memorandum.
Yes, it explicitly states that previous orders or memoranda that conflict with it are superseded.
Driving schools must adhere to the provisions of Administrative Order No. 2, series of 1980.
Certificates of registration and the latest registration payments of motor vehicles used for practical driving lessons are required.
Brigadier General Manuel F. Bruan, AFP (Ret), Assistant Secretary, signed the memorandum.