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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-110.1" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For an unrestricted license, each applicant is required to have:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Simultaneously:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A minimum visual acuity of 20/40 in each eye; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A continuous field of vision of at least 140 degrees; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Binocular vision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the applicant’s vision can be corrected by glasses or contact lenses to meet the standards of this section, the Administration may issue the applicant a restricted license, endorsed “corrective lenses”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration may issue a restricted license to an applicant who has simultaneously:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A visual acuity of at least 20/40 in one or both eyes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A continuous field of vision of at least 110 degrees and with at least 35 degrees lateral to the midline of each side.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To qualify for a restricted license under this subsection, the Administration may require an applicant to submit a report of examination by a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist for evaluation by the Administration or its Medical Advisory Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license issued under this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be endorsed “outside mirrors each side”; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May be subject to additional restrictions imposed by the Administration, based on recommendations of the applicant’s ophthalmologist or optometrist, or any other evaluation that the Administration determines appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration may only issue a restricted noncommercial driver’s license to an applicant who does not otherwise meet the vision standards under this section but who has simultaneously:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A visual acuity of at least 20/70 in one or both eyes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A continuous field of vision of at least 110 degrees and with at least 35 degrees lateral to the midline of each side.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To qualify for a restricted license under this subsection, the Administration may require an applicant to submit a report of examination by a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist for evaluation by the Administration or its Medical Advisory Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license issued under this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be endorsed “outside mirrors each side”; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May be subject to additional restrictions imposed by the Administration, based on recommendations of the applicant’s ophthalmologist or optometrist, or any other evaluation that the Administration determines appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If an applicant does not meet the vision standards under this subtitle, the Administration may issue a restricted license to the applicant subject to any restrictions the Administration determines appropriate for public safety, including any restriction described in § 16-110.3 of this subtitle, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant is evaluated and recommended for approval by the Medical Advisory Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The applicant successfully completes a driver’s training course required by the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An individual issued a restricted driver’s license under this section who has had vision correction surgery resulting in the individual’s meeting the requirements for an unrestricted license may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Apply to the Administration for a corrected license without the vision restriction; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Until the time of a license renewal or issuance of a corrected license, carry written certification from a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist that the individual meets the vision requirements for an unrestricted license under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
