Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 375 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES › Chapter 375-3 - DRIVER LICENSE SERVICES › Subject 375-3-5 - DRIVER'S LICENSE ADVISORY BOARD › Rule 375-3-5-.08 - Vision

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Certain cases
				of poor function in visual acuity, visual fields, ocular mobility, dark
				adaptation, and color blindness will cause the individual to be reviewed under
				this section.
(a) Visual acuity should be
				recorded using the Snellen notation.
(b) Individuals with visual acuity of at
				least 20/60 corrected or uncorrected, in at least one eye or better and a
				horizontal field of vision with both eyes open of at least 140 degrees or, in
				the event that one eye only has usable vision, horizontal field of vision must
				be at least 70 degrees temporally and 50 degrees nasally.
(c) Individuals with visual acuity less than
				20/60 but better than 20/200 using spectacles, contact lenses, or the carrier
				portion of the bioptic spectacles shall be considered eligible for a driver's
				license if not otherwise disqualified from having a driver's license under the
				following provisions:
1. The person can
				attain a visual acuity of at least 20/60 through utilizing bioptic
				telescopes;
2. The telescopes are
				prescribed by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist;
3. The person presents documentation of
				having satisfactorily completed training in the use of the bioptic telescope as
				certified by the prescribing doctor;
4. The person completes a standard driver's
				education course while using the bioptic telescopes prior to the on-the-road
				evaluation;
5. The person present
				documentation from the prescribing doctor; proof of completing a standard
				driver's education course to the Department of Driver Services certified
				driver's license examiner at the time of the on-the-road evaluation;
				satisfactorily completes any recommended training in driving while using
				bioptic telescopes from the Department of Driver Services examiner; and, passes
				a written and driver's test examination at the exam station.
(d) Any person who is licensed to
				drive using bioptic telescopes shall be subject to restrictions placed on his
				or her license as determined or recommended by the prescribing optometrist or
				ophthalmologist or the Department of Driver Services driver's license
				examiner.
(e) Any recommended
				restrictions shall be reported to the Department in writing and presented to
				the examiner at the time the person appears for a driver's license
				examination.
(f) Restrictions may
				include the following:
1. Daylight driving
				only;
2. Outside rear-view
				mirrors;
3. Certain area;
4. Time restrictions;
5. No interstate driving;
6. Yearly reevaluations by an optometrist or
				ophthalmologist;
and
7.
				Other such restrictions deemed appropriate.
(g) Any restrictions imposed shall be subject
				to review and reconsideration after one year by completing all of the steps
				described in subparagraphs 1. through 5. of paragraph (c), which may include
				completing any additional testing under special conditions, as determined by
				the optometrist or ophthalmologist.
(h) The user of a bioptic telescope shall be
				required every two years to renew his or her driver's license, be reevaluated
				by an optometrist or ophthalmologist and pass the driver's road test
				examination administered by the Department of Driver Services.
(i) The user of a bioptic telescope, in
				addition to paragraph (h), is required to present to the Department of Driver
				Services, at time of renewal, a certification by the optometrist or
				ophthalmologist, that the user's visual acuity, visual field, and eye health
				remain stable.
(j) In the event
				changes in vision are determined, the person's driver's license shall expire
				and the person must successfully repeat all of the steps described in
				paragraphs (b) through (e).