186.578 Visual acuity requirements for certified driver training program -- Testing
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of knowledge of motor vehicle laws -- Daytime and nighttime operator's license
examinations -- 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.
(1)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.
(2)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.
(3)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.
(a)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.
(b)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.
(c)If the applicant is a new driver, the applicant shall take a daytime and
nighttime operator's license examination, which may be given on the same
day.
(d)If the applicant is a currently licensed driver, the applicant may take either a
daytime or a nighttime operator's license examination, but if the applicant
chooses a daytime operator's license examination, any license granted shall be
subject to a daytime restriction.
(a)An applicant who is a restricted out-of-state driver establishing residence in
Kentucky shall be required to take and pass a knowledge examination before
being eligible to take the operator's license examination.
(b)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.
(c)If an applicant moving to Kentucky from another state possesses a valid
bioptic operator's license from the applicant's previous state:
1. Without a daytime-only restriction, the applicant may take a daytime
operator's license examination, and upon passage of the examination, be
granted a license without a daytime-only restriction;
2. With a daytime-only restriction and wishes to have it removed, the
applicant shall take a nighttime operator's license examination, and upon
passage of the examination, be granted a license without a daytime-only
restriction; or
3. With a daytime-only restriction and does not wish to have it removed,
the applicant shall take a daytime operator's license examination, and
upon passage of the examination, be granted a license with a daytime-
only restriction.
(6)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 driver training
program and obtaining an affidavit from the program director or bioptic driving
instructor recommending that the applicant or restricted out-of-state driver be
allowed to retake the examination.
(7)The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Education and Labor Cabinet 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.