2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS 186.578 Visual acuity requirements for certified driver training program -- Testing of knowledge of motor vehicle laws -- Out-of-state drivers establishing residence in Kentucky -- Restriction on taking of operator's license examination after three failings -- Consequence of failure to pass examination.
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186.578 Visual acuity requirements for certified driver training program -Testing of knowledge of motor vehicle laws -- Out-of-state drivers
establishing residence in Kentucky -- Restriction on taking of operator's
license examination after three failings -- Consequence of failure to pass
examination.
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Applicants accepted to participate in a certified driver training program shall
meet the following minimum vision requirements:
(a) A distance visual acuity of 20/200 or better, with corrective lenses, in the
applicant's better eye;
(b) A visual field of at least one hundred twenty (120) degrees horizontally
and eighty (80) degrees vertically in the same eye as used in paragraph
(a) of this subsection;
(c) A distance visual acuity of 20/60 or better using a bioptic telescopic
device; and
(d) No ocular diagnosis or prognosis that indicates a likelihood that
significant deterioration of visual acuity or visual field to levels below the
minimum standards outlined in this subsection will occur.
Upon acceptance into a certified driver training program, an applicant shall be
given an examination to test his or her knowledge of the motor vehicle laws of
the Commonwealth. This examination may be taken orally. Upon successful
completion of this examination, the applicant shall be issued a temporary
instruction permit, that shall be valid only when the applicant is accompanied
by an employee of a certified driver training program. Temporary instruction
permits issued under this section shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of
issue.
An applicant who successfully completes a certified driver training program
shall be reexamined by a vision specialist upon completion of the program. The
examination shall certify that the applicant continues to meet the visual acuity
and visual field standards set forth in subsection (1) of this section.
An applicant who successfully completes a certified driving training program
and passes the visual reexamination required by subsection (3) of this section
shall be eligible to take a comprehensive operator's license examination
administered by the Department of Kentucky State Police. The operator's
license examination shall include testing of the applicant's driving skills over a
route specifically designed to test the applicant's competency using a bioptic
telescopic device.
An applicant who is a restricted out-of-state driver establishing residence in
Kentucky shall be required to take and pass a temporary instruction permit
examination before being eligible to take the operator's license examination. An
applicant who is a restricted out-of-state driver establishing residence in
Kentucky shall not be required to complete a certified driver training program
but shall be required to take and pass the visual examination outlined in
subsection (3) of this section before taking the operator's license examination.
If an applicant or restricted out-of-state driver fails the operator's license
examination three (3) times, he or she shall not be eligible to retake the
examination until successfully completing additional training from a certified
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driver training program and obtaining an affidavit from the program director
recommending that the applicant or restricted out-of-state driver be allowed to
retake the examination.
The Office for the Blind shall promulgate administrative regulations in
accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to set standards for a certified driver
training program and to otherwise carry out the provisions of this section.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 199, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 117, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2001.
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