Sec. 1.2. Restrictions on operation

A class DJ or class MJ licensee may operate a motor vehicle within the State of New York subject to the following conditions:

(a) New York City.

A class DJ or class MJ license shall not be valid for the operation of a motor vehicle in New York City at any time.

(b) Nassau and Suffolk Counties:

(1) for the purpose of driving to and from one of the following: a state-approved cooperative work-study educational program, an approved program for credit in a post-secondary institution, a state-approved registered evening high school, an approved driver education course or while engaged in farm employment; or

(2) from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., to and from a place of business where the holder is regularly employed, or when accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education teacher, or driving school instructor.

(c) In all other areas of the state, except for the City of New York:

(1) from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.; or

(2) from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. when going to or from school, or to or from a place of business where the holder is employed on a regularly scheduled basis, or when accompanied by a parent, guardian or one in a position of loco parentis to the licensee.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a person enrolled in an approved driver education course may operate a motor vehicle without holding a driver's license (section 507[1] of the Vehicle and Traffic Law).