2006 Utah Code - 53-3-206 — Examination of applicant\'s physical and mental fitness to drive a motor vehicle.

     53-3-206.   Examination of applicant's physical and mental fitness to drive a motor vehicle.
     (1) The division shall examine every applicant for a license, including a test of the applicant's:
     (a) eyesight either:
     (i) by the division; or
     (ii) by allowing the applicant to furnish to the division a statement from a physician licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or an optometrist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 16a, Utah Optometry Practice Act;
     (b) ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic;
     (c) ability to read and understand simple English used in highway traffic and directional signs;
     (d) knowledge of the state traffic laws;
     (e) other physical and mental abilities the division finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to drive a motor vehicle safely on the highways; and
     (f) ability to exercise ordinary and responsible control driving a motor vehicle, as determined by actual demonstration or other indicator.
     (2) The division shall determine whether any facts exist that would bar granting a license under Section 53-3-204.
     (3) The division shall examine each applicant according to the class of license applied for.
     (4) An applicant for a CDL shall meet all additional requirements of Part 4 of this chapter.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 234, 1993 General Session