(1) An applicant who has been issued a social security number will be required to provide it to the department upon application for an original driver's license or upon renewal of a driver's license, if the applicant has not supplied, and the department has not verified, the number in a prior application process.

(2) The social security number supplied by the applicant will be electronically submitted by the department to the social security administration for verification.   If the social security number supplied by the applicant to the department is not verified by the social security administration, the applicant must provide proof of the social security number by presenting a document listed in (3) that shows the applicant's name and social security number.

(3) The following are acceptable documents for confirming an applicant's social security number:

(a) an original social security card issued by the social security administration;

(b) a US internal revenue service wage and tax statement (W-2 form) ;

(c) a US or state income tax return from a previous year;

(d) a payroll check or payroll check stub;

(e) a document prepared by a bank, an insurance company, or a brokerage firm;

(f) a letter from the social security administration or computer print-out from the social security administration;

(g) an unexpired US military identification card;

(h) a pilot's license;

(i) a medicare or medicaid card;

(j) a health insurance benefits card, if the member number represents the applicant's social security number; or

(k) a veterans' administration card with social security number preprinted on the card.

(4) If an applicant has not been issued a social security number, the applicant must sign a statement, under penalty of law, attesting that the applicant does not have a social security number before the application process may be completed.

(5) The application process will be terminated and a license will be denied for incomplete information if an applicant:

(a) refuses to provide a social security number and sign a statement that the applicant has not been issued a social security number; or

(b) provides a social security number that cannot be verified.

(6) An applicant's social security number may not be used as the applicant's driver's license number or be included as part of the applicant's driver's license number on a driver's license issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2000, unless the applicant submits a written request for the social security number to be used, in part, as the applicant's driver's license number.

(7) This rule takes effect October 1, 2000.