2019 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses
Article 19 - Licensing of Drivers
507 - Miscellaneous Provisions.

§ 507. Miscellaneous  provisions. 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding
  any other provisions of this article, a class  D  or  class  M  license,
  whichever  is  appropriate,  may be issued to a minor seventeen years of
  age who has successfully completed a driver education course approved by
  the state education department and the commissioner in a high school  or
  college  and  who has submitted proof of completion of the minimum hours
  of supervised driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of
  section five hundred two of  this  article.  No  such  driver  education
  course may be approved unless classroom training is provided by a person
  approved  by  the  state  education  department  and  the  commissioner.
  However, a school district  may  contract  with  one  or  more  licensed
  drivers'  schools  to  provide  behind  the  wheel training, pursuant to
  regulations promulgated by  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner  shall
  prescribe  the  requirements  for  licensing  of  such minors. A student
  enrolled in such an approved driver education course may operate a motor
  vehicle without holding a driver's license or a learner's  permit  while
  under  the  immediate  supervision  of an instructor in such course or a
  driver's school instructor providing behind the wheel training in such a
  course,  provided  such  operation  is  in  accordance  with  the  rules
  established   by   the  commissioner.  Every  student  who  successfully
  completes such course in a day, evening or summer school program offered
  by a public or  private  school  shall  receive  certification  of  such
  completion on a certificate prescribed by the commissioner.
2.  Failure  to  exhibit  license.  Failure by a licensee to exhibit a
  license valid for operation under this chapter to any magistrate,  motor
  vehicle  license  examiner,  motor  vehicle investigator, peace officer,
  acting pursuant to his  special  duties,  or  police  officer  shall  be
  presumptive evidence that he is not duly licensed.
4.  Entry  into  military  service.  If any person who enters military
  service shall fail to give timely notification in writing of such  entry
  to  the commissioner, the commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to
  renew such person's driver's license, if such license is  not  otherwise
  renewable under the provisions of this article.
5.  Road  tests.  A  motor  vehicle  license  examiner  or other agent
  designated by the commissioner, while engaged in conducting a road  test
  is  not deemed to be a supervising or an accompanying driver in relation
  to the applicant being tested.