Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 44 - Minimum Physical Standards for Operators of Public Service Motor Vehicles and Service Buses › Section 14-44-1 - Minimum physical standards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 be issued a license for the operation of a public service motor vehicle or
			 service bus pursuant to section
			 14-44
			 of the General Statutes or have such license renewed unless he first submits
			 evidence on a form prescribed by the commissioner that he has successfully
			 completed a physical examination given by a licensed doctor of medicine or
			 osteopathy except that an optometrist may perform that portion of the medical
			 examination which pertains to visual acuity, field of vision and the ability to
			 recognize colors.
(b) A person
			 shall be deemed to have successfully passed the physical examination required
			 in subsection (a) of this regulation if the person:
(1) Has no loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or
			 an arm or has been granted a waiver by the commissioner of motor vehicles. No
			 waiver shall be granted unless the person has submitted to the commissioner a
			 medical examiner's certificate stating that he or she is physically qualified
			 to drive such vehicle;
(2) Has no
			 impairment of the use of a foot, a leg, a hand, fingers or an arm, and no other
			 structural defect which is likely to interfere with his or her ability to
			 control and safely drive the vehicle or has been granted a waiver as described
			 in subdivision 1;
(3) Has no
			 established medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
			 currently requiring insulin for control. No waiver of this requirement shall be
			 considered by the commissioner unless the applicant has submitted to the
			 commissioner a physician's certificate stating that the applicant is physically
			 qualified to drive such vehicle and the applicant completes a department of
			 motor vehicles questionnaire concerning his or her diabetic condition. No
			 waiver shall be granted unless both the certificate and questionnaire clearly
			 show that the applicant has not suffered from altered consciousness due to
			 hypoglycemia within five years of submitting such form or
			 questionnaire;
(4) Has no current
			 clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary
			 insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular disease of a variety
			 known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive cardiac
			 failure;
(5) Has no established
			 medical history or clinical diagnosis of a respiratory dysfunction likely to
			 interfere with his or her ability to control and drive a motor vehicle
			 safely;
(6) Has no current clinical
			 diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with his or her ability to
			 operate a motor vehicle safely;
(7)
			 Has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of rheumatic,
			 arthritic, orthopedic, muscular, neuromuscular, or vascular disease which
			 interferes with his or her ability to control and operate a motor vehicle
			 safely;
(8) Has no established
			 medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which
			 is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a
			 motor vehicle;
(9) Has no mental,
			 nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder likely to
			 interfere with his or her ability to drive a motor vehicle safely;
(10) Has distant visual acuity of at least
			 20/40 (Snellen) inh eye without corrective lenses or visual acuity separately
			 corrected to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses, distant
			 binocularacuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or without
			 corrective lenses, field of vision of at least 70' in the horizontal meridian
			 in each eye, and the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals, and
			 devices showing standard red, green, and amber;
(11) First perceives a forced whispered voice
			 in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of a hearing
			 aid or, if tested by use of an audiometric device, does not have an average
			 hearing loss in the better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500Hz, 1,000Hz, and
			 2,000Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated
			 to American National Standard (Formerly ASA Standard) Z24.5 - 1951;
(12) Does not use an amphetamine, narcotic or
			 any habit-forming drug; and
(13)
			 Has no current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.