2018 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 3 - Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions
Article 12-B - Approval of Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Courses
399-E - Standards for Course Approval.

§  399-e.  Standards  for course approval. 1. To be approved, a course
  must:
(a) Have been given for at least two years by the applicant agency  or
  organization prior to the submission of an application.
* (b)  Provide  at  least three hundred twenty minutes of instruction,
  with a certified instructor present. The requirement  that  a  certified
  instructor  be  present  shall  not  be applicable to a program approved
  pursuant to article twelve-C of this  title.  Nothing  in  this  section
  shall  prevent  the  use  of  audio/visual  aids  as  part of the course
  presentation prescribed by the commissioner.
* NB Effective until April 1, 2020
* (b) Provide at least three hundred twenty  minutes  of  instruction,
  with  a  certified  instructor  present.  Nothing  in this section shall
  prevent the use of audio/visual aids as part of the course  presentation
  prescribed by the commissioner.
* NB Effective April 1, 2020
(c)  Provide  a  description  of  the  minimum  qualifications  of all
  managers and instructors who will be hired by the applicant.
(d) Provide each instructor with an instructor's  manual  and  provide
  student workbooks and/or manuals for each course participant.
(e)  Provide  a  copy of a completion certificate which is designed to
  prevent and is capable of preventing fraud and  forgery,  and  which  is
  approved  by  the  commissioner  for  the  purpose  of  verifying course
  completion for submission to insurance companies.
(f) Provide proof of effectiveness pursuant to section  three  hundred
  ninety-nine-f of this article.
2.  The  commissioner is authorized to suspend or revoke approval of a
  sponsoring agency should  the  commissioner  find  that  the  sponsoring
  agency,  its delivery agency or its instructors have been found to be in
  violation of any applicable laws or regulations.