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Statutes > Missouri > T19 > C302 > 302_175Vision requirements--examination--license may be issued withconditions, limitations, restrictions.
302.175. 1. The director shall not issue or renew a licenseto any applicant whose vision is not twenty-forty or better witheither eye according to the test for vision provided in thissection. Any person whose naked vision is less than twenty-fortywith either or both eyes but whose vision in one eye has beencorrected to twenty-forty or better by the use of correctivelenses may be issued a conditional license, conditioned that theperson may operate a motor vehicle only when wearing correctivelenses which will correct his vision to meet the requirements ofthis section, which condition shall be noted on the license ofthe person and it is unlawful for the person to operate a motorvehicle upon any public highway of this state unless he is at thetime complying with the condition. If a person whose nakedvision is less than twenty-forty is unable to accomplish thecorrection of this condition by corrective lenses and produces astatement from a registered optometrist or physician to thateffect, the director may conduct an examination to determine theperson's ability to operate a motor vehicle upon the publichighways of this state with safety in spite of his infirmity. Ifthe director is satisfied that the person can operate a motorvehicle upon the public highways of this state with safety inspite of his vision infirmity, the director may issue him alicense containing the conditions, limitations and restrictionsas to points of operation and time of operation, or any otherconditions, limitations or restrictions that the director deemsadvisable.
2. The vision examination shall be conducted with the use ofthe "Snellan Vision Chart" or other vision determining device ofthe same standard by any person to whom the director hasdelegated the duties without cost to the applicant, or, at theapplicant's discretion, by a registered optometrist or physicianat the applicant's expense and shall further include peripheralscreening in accordance with standards presented by the director.All vision tests shall be made with not less than thirty footcandle illumination.
(L. 1965 p. 479, A.L. 1987 S.B. 283, A.L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3)Effective 7-27-89
