Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 247 - NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Chapter 7 - RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE VISION AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS A AND B LICENSES, LEARNER'S AND SCHOOL PERMITS AND SCHOOL BUS DRIVER'S PERMIT › Section 247-7-003 - Physical and Mental Requirements

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01
Class A, B, and all permits (excluding school bus)
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  No applicant shall be issued a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle on
  the streets and highways of the State of Nebraska until such person has
  satisfied the examiner and/or the Director that he/she possesses a sufficient
  physical and mental capacity to operate a motor vehicle with a reasonable
  degree of safety.
If through information revealed on the application for the license or
	 permit, through observation or personal knowledge of the examiner, or through
	 information revealed in the driving record of the applicant it is determined by
	 the examiner that an applicant may suffer from any physical defect or defects
	 of a character which may affect the safety of operation by such applicant of a
	 motor vehicle, the examiner shall require the applicant to show cause why such
	 license or permit should be granted and the license shall not be issued until
	 such cause is shown.
003.01A The
  examiner may require that the applicant be issued a Request For Statement Of
  Physician when he/she has reason to believe that a physical or mental condition
  exists in the applicant which may impair the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
003.01A1 The examination documented on the
  Request For Statement Of Physician must have been conducted no more than 90
  days prior to the date of the application for the license. However, the
  examiner at his or her discretion, may request that a more current examination
  be conducted and recorded on a Statement Of Physician if in his or her judgment
  there has been a significant change in the health condition of the applicant
  since the last documented examination.
003.01A2 If the examining physician indicates
  on the Request for Statement of Physician that the applicant is not physically
  and/or mentally capable of safely operating a motor vehicle, the issuance of
  the license or permit shall be denied.
003.01A3 If the examining physician indicates
  on the Statement Of Physician that the applicant meets the physical and mental
  standards established by the Department through Policies and Procedures of the
  Director, and if the examining physician answers in the affirmative that the
  applicant is physically and mentally qualified to operate a motor vehicle, then
  such applicant will be considered qualified to continue with the examination
  process.
003.01A4 If the examining
  physician indicates on the Request for Statement of Physician that the
  applicant should operate a motor vehicle only under certain specific
  restrictions, the examiner may consider this recommendation along with the
  results of other parts of the examination for license in deciding whether to
  issue a license or permit subject to such specific limitations.