R27-7-4. Driver Safety Committee

  (1) Each agency using a state vehicle shall establish and maintain a Driver Safety Committee or an internal review and disciplinary process that is approved by the division and substantially meets the requirements outlined in rule for the Driver Safety Committee.

  (2) The purpose of the Driver Safety Committee is to increase the safety of the driver and reduce losses associated with the state vehicles. The Driver Safety Committee shall review any accident involving state vehicles in the possession or under the control of the agency. The Driver Safety Committee also reviews eligibility of a driver to operate a state vehicle based on the provisions of Section R27-7-3.

  (3) After the Division of Risk Management has made an initial determination regarding the preventability of an accident, the agency Driver Safety Committee shall determine whether it agrees with the initial determination of preventability. The Driver Safety Committee shall use standards published by the National Safety Council.

  (4) Each agency Driver Safety Committee shall meet monthly, except in cases when there are not items to review. The items to review are the preventability determination of any accidents and any major threshold violations committed in the previous month. The Driver Safety Committee shall report to the division its accident and major threshold determination and any actions taken.

  (5) If an agency Driver Safety Committee does not send the monthly Driver Safety Committee report as specified in R27-7-4(4), the initial preventability determination of any accidents will stand. Any major threshold violations will receive the minimum driver eligibility suspension as outlined in Subsection R27-7-5(6). A driver may appeal this accident determination to the Driver Eligibility Board pursuant to Section R27-2.

  (6) The Driver Eligibility Board may recommend disciplinary actions for agency drivers to the agency when it is acting on behalf of the agency Driver Safety Committee.

  (7) If an agency has fewer than five employees, the agency head may perform the duties of the Driver Safety Committee outlined in rule. In the event the agency head is the driver to be reviewed, the review may be done by the Driver Eligibility Board. Appeals from the affected agency head will be heard by the Executive Director of the Department of Administrative Services, or designee and shall follow the appeal process outlined in rule.