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Maryland learner's permit holders must drive with a qualifying supervising driver seated beside them.
Your supervisor needs three legal qualifications: age 21 or older, at least 3 years of licensing experience in Maryland or another state for the class of vehicle being driven, and the seat beside the learner. The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration sets these rules.
Relationship does not matter. A qualifying parent, sibling, relative, friend, or instructor can supervise. For safety, the supervising driver should also remain alert and capable of taking control, but sobriety is not listed as a separate statutory qualification under the supervisor rule.
A foreign-country-only driver's license does not satisfy Maryland's learner-supervisor rule. The supervisor must have been licensed in Maryland or another U.S. state for at least 3 years for the class of vehicle being driven.
No. Maryland's rule does not require a parent-child or guardian relationship. Any person who meets the age, licensing, class, and seating requirements can supervise.
Parents, adult relatives, certified instructors, or out-of-state adults all qualify. Each can help with the practice hours required for your age group.
| Supervisor Type | Legal Requirement Checks | Best Used For |
|---|---|---|
| Parent / Guardian | Must be 21+ & licensed 3+ years | Logging required practice hours and signing the applicable entries |
| Adult Sibling / Relative | Must be 21+ & licensed 3+ years | Supplementing practice hours with a different teaching style |
| Certified Instructor | Licensed by MVA | Mastering complex skills like highway merging |
| Out-of-State Adult | Must be 21+ & licensed 3+ years in their state | Supervising during visits and signing your log book |
A foreign-country-only license does not meet Maryland's learner-supervisor rule. Likewise, the qualifying supervisor must sit beside the learner and be the only other front-seat occupant. Practice completed without a qualifying supervisor should not be counted as valid supervised practice.
The RD-006 certification is signed under penalty of perjury; Maryland's current form does not require notarization. See the Maryland learner's permit guide for the related practice-hour and provisional-license requirements.
Maryland's Rookie Driver program uses the Rookie Driver Skills Log & Practice Guide (Form RD-006) to document the supervised practice required for the learner's age group.
The learner must also follow Maryland's separate permit-driving restrictions, including the cell-phone rule. Detailed phone penalties belong in the driving-restrictions guide rather than the supervisor-documentation section.
Yes. If more than one qualified person supervises your practice, each supervising driver can sign the entries or certification for the practice they supervised. The important point is that every logged session must have qualifying supervision.
Driving without the required qualified supervisor carries a preset $290 fine and 5 points. If the violation results in a moving-violation conviction or probation before judgment, the Rookie Driver rule can require 9 months from the most recent violation before provisional-license eligibility.
Ask the supervising driver to confirm that their license is current, valid, and appropriate for the vehicle class. Do not assume you can freely pull another person's full driving record through your own myMVA account; access to another person's record requires the appropriate authorization or request process.
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