Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 483 - Drivers' Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES AND RESTRICTIONS ON LICENSES › General Provisions › Section 483.350 - Medically-related restrictions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The restrictions
				  and compulsory requirements described in subsection 2 may be imposed when
				  licensing persons to drive. A driver's license will not be issued and a driving
				  test will not be conducted until the applicant complies with the provisions of
				  this section.
2. Restriction and Description
				  (and text placed on an affected license)
Criteria for
				  Restriction
Restriction B - Corrective lenses.
				  (Restriction B - Corrective Lenses)
This restriction is placed on the
				  driver's license of a person who meets the minimum levels of acceptable vision
				  set forth in NAC 483.340 only with the aid of corrective lenses.
Restriction C - Mechanical or adaptive device. (Restriction C -
				  Mechanical/Adaptive Device)
This restriction is placed on the
				  driver's license of a person who is physically unable to operate a motor
				  vehicle without the aid of a mechanical or other adaptive device.
Restriction D - Prosthetic aid. (Restriction D - Prosthetic Aid)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a person who is
				  required to wear a prosthetic device while operating a motor vehicle.
Restriction F - Outside mirrors. (Restriction F - Outside
				  Mirrors)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a
				  person who is legally blind (20/200) in the right eye, whose hearing is
				  impaired, who is required to wear a telescopic device while operating a motor
				  vehicle or whose mobility of his or her head or neck is limited.
Restriction G - Daylight driving only. (Restriction G - Daylight
				  Driving Only)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a
				  person, upon a recommendation from a physician, optometrist or ophthalmologist,
				  with visual acuity of 20/50 or worse in both eyes, who is required to wear a
				  telescopic device while operating a motor vehicle or who holds a motorcycle
				  driver's instruction permit.
Restriction JB - Driving test
				  every 6 months. (Restriction JB - Drive Test Every 6 Months)
This
				  restriction is placed on the driver's license of a person whose physician
				  requests more frequent driving tests.
Restriction JC -
				  Vision examination every 6 months. (Restriction JC - Eye Test Every 6
				  Months)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a
				  person who is required to have a vision examination every 6 months.
Restriction JF - Must have wink mirrors. (Restriction JF - Must Have
				  Wink Mirrors)
This restriction may be placed on the driver's license
				  of a person who is legally blind (20/200) in the right eye, whose hearing is
				  impaired, who is required to wear a telescopic device while operating a motor
				  vehicle or whose mobility of his or her head or neck is limited.
Restriction JK - Left foot accelerator. (Restriction JK - Left Foot
				  Accelerator)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a
				  person who is physically unable to operate the right foot accelerator.
Restriction JT - Speed not to exceed 45 miles per hour.
				  (Restriction JT - Speed 45 MPH Or Less)
This restriction is placed on
				  the driver's license of a person who is required to wear a telescopic device
				  while operating a motor vehicle or upon the recommendation of a physician or
				  the Department after the administration of a driving test to the
				  applicant.
Restriction JV - Nevada medical waiver.
				  (Restriction JV - NV Med Waiver)
This restriction is placed on the
				  commercial driver's license of a person who obtains a waiver pursuant to the
				  provisions of NAC 483.803.
Restriction V - Federal medical
				  waiver. (Restriction V - Med Variance Docs Reqd)
This restriction is
				  placed on the commercial driver's license of a person who has been issued a
				  federal medical waiver.
Restriction 1 - Telescopic device.
				  (Restriction 1 - Telescopic Device)
This restriction is placed on the
				  driver's license of a person who meets the minimum levels of acceptable vision
				  set forth in NAC 483.340 only with the aid of a telescopic device.
Restriction 2 - Hearing aid. (Restriction 2 - Hearing Aid)
This restriction may be placed on the driver's license of a person who wears a
				  hearing aid.
Restriction 4 - Grip on steering wheel or
				  power steering. (Restriction 4 - Grip/Power Steering Wheel)
This
				  restriction is placed on the driver's license of a person who has difficulty
				  gripping or turning the steering wheel of the motor vehicle.
Restriction 5 - Directional signals. (Restriction 5 - Directional
				  Signals)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a
				  person who is physically unable to perform signals with his or her arms or
				  whose driver's license is restricted to hand controls.
Restriction 6 - Yearly vision examination. (Restriction 6 - Yearly Vision
				  Exam)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license of a person
				  who is required to wear a telescopic device while operating a motor vehicle or
				  a person whose vision is 20/50 or worse in both eyes and who is determined by
				  an eye specialist to have a progressive abnormality or disease of the eye or a
				  person whose vision is 20/100 or worse in one eye and whose vision is worse
				  than 20/40 in the other eye.
Restriction 7 - Yearly
				  medical letter. (Restriction 7 - Yearly Medical Letter)
This
				  restriction is placed on the driver's license of a person who has had seizures
				  or episodes of altered consciousness within the last 3 years or another
				  physical or mental condition that his or her physician determines necessitates
				  a yearly medical examination.
Restriction 8 - Yearly
				  driving test. (Restriction 8 - Yearly Drive Test)
This restriction is
				  placed on the driver's license of a person based on the person's performance on
				  his or her driving test or on the driver's license of a person who is required
				  to wear a telescopic device while operating a motor vehicle.
Restriction 9 - Seat cushion or automatic seat. (Restriction 9 - Seat
				  Cushion/Auto Seat)
This restriction is placed on the driver's license
				  of a person who the examiner determines is unable to see adequately out of the
				  windows or reach the control pedals because of his or her size. This
				  restriction is not limited to a seat cushion or automatic seat if another
				  device is available.
3. The Department will place any other
				  restriction that is not otherwise described in this section upon the driver's
				  license of a person if the physician of that person so recommends.
Dep't of Motor Veh., License for
				  Disabled Persons Reg. § VII, eff. 4-29-82-NAC A 9-13-91; 11-7-95; R015-97,
				  11-14-97; R141-12, 11-1-2012, eff. 1-28-2013
NRS
				  481.051,
				  483.220,
				  483.360,
				  483.908