2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Vehicles
CHAPTER 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
321.186A - VISION REPORT IN LIEU OF VISION TEST.

        321.186A  VISION REPORT IN LIEU OF VISION TEST.
         1.  An applicant for a new or renewed driver's license other than
      a commercial driver's license need not take a vision test
      administered by the department if the applicant files with the
      department a vision report signed by a licensed vision specialist in
      accordance with this section.
         2.  An applicant for such a new or renewed driver's license who
      fails a vision test administered by the department may subsequently
      be issued the driver's license without need of passing a department
      administered vision test, if the applicant files with the department
      a vision report from a licensed vision specialist in accordance with
      this section.
         3.  The vision report shall state the visual acuity level of the
      applicant as measured by the vision specialist and shall be in the
      form and include other information as required by rule of the
      department.  A vision report is valid only if the visual acuity level
      of the applicant has been measured by the licensed vision specialist
      within thirty days before the application for the new or renewed
      driver's license.
         4.  As used in this section, a "licensed vision specialist"
      means a physician licensed under chapter 148 or an optometrist
      licensed under chapter 154.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1230, §32; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1088,
      §120
         Referred to in § 321.186, 321.189, 321.196

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