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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1123" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The provisions of this subsection do not apply if the holder of the provisional driver’s license is driving while accompanied by and under the immediate supervision of an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is at least 21 years old;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has been licensed for at least 3 years in this State or in another state to drive vehicles of the class then being driven by the holder of the provisional driver’s license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is seated beside the holder of the provisional driver’s license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a holder of a provisional driver’s license who is under the age of 18 years may not drive a motor vehicle with a passenger under the age of 18 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The prohibition under paragraph (2) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be in effect from the date the provisional license is originally issued until the 151st day after the provisional license was issued; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Does not apply to a passenger who is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A spouse, daughter, son, stepdaughter, stepson, sister, brother, stepsister, or stepbrother of the licensee; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A relative of the licensee who resides at the same address as the licensee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A police officer may enforce this section only as a secondary action when the police officer detains a driver for a suspected violation of another provision of the Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A violation of this section is a moving violation for the purposes of § 16-402 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Administration receives satisfactory evidence that an individual has violated this section, the Administration may suspend or revoke the individual’s driver’s license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual may request a hearing as provided for a suspension or revocation under Title 16, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
