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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-110" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Establish qualifications for the safe operation of the various classes, types, sizes, or combinations of vehicles; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Examine each applicant to determine the applicant’s qualifications for the license class applied for.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Administration shall examine each applicant for an original driver’s license or for a class of driver’s license higher than that which the applicant currently holds.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The examination shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A test of the applicant’s:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Vision;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Knowledge of the traffic laws of this State and safe driving practices;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A demonstration of the applicant’s ability to exercise reasonable control in driving a motor vehicle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any other additional physical or mental examination that the Administration considers necessary to determine an applicant’s fitness to drive a motor vehicle safely.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The pool of questions from which the examination required under this subsection draws shall include at least five questions related to motorcycle safety awareness.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>At least one question related to motorcycle safety awareness shall appear on the examination.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The questions required by this paragraph shall address:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Visibility of motorcycles;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Proper lane positioning around motorcycles;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Safe following distances around motorcycles;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Preventing crashes with motorcycles; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Any other topic related to motorcycle safety that the Administration deems relevant.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an applicant is qualified to take the required examinations for the license applied for, the applicant shall appear in person for examination at any one of the places in this State that the Administration has designated for this purpose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, for a required driver skills examination or driver road examination, each applicant shall provide a motor vehicle of a type appropriate to test the applicant’s ability to drive all vehicles that may be driven under the license class applied for.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An applicant may not use an autocycle to test the applicant’s ability to drive under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, when the holder of a learner’s instructional permit appears for the driving test, the permit holder shall be accompanied by an individual qualified under § 16–105 of this subtitle to accompany the holder of a learner’s permit while driving on a highway. That individual shall have his driver’s license with him.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The holder of a Class M (motorcycle) learner’s instructional permit may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Transport a motorcycle to the driving test by truck or other vehicle unaccompanied by another individual, if the permit holder is licensed to drive the truck or other vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be accompanied by a person transporting a motorcycle to the test by truck or other vehicle, if that person is licensed to drive the truck or other vehicle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The holder of a learner’s instructional permit may be driven to the examination station and to the starting point where the examiner begins the test by any individual authorized to drive the class of vehicle in which the test is being given. That individual shall have a valid driver’s license in the individual’s possession.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the applicant does not pass the examination for the license class applied for, the Administration may issue the applicant any license of a lower class for which the applicant qualifies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, the Administration may waive any driver’s license examination provided for under this title if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Holds a valid driver’s license issued under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is applying for a Class M license and has successfully completed the Administration approved basic motorcycle safety course; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Holds a valid license from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Another state;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A province or territory of Canada.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Administration may not waive a vision examination required under this section unless the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is applying for a corrected driver’s license under § 16–114.1 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has passed a vision examination acceptable to the Administration within the last 12 months.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
