§ 46.2-312. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses
A. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be eligible for driver's licenses if they:
1. Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/200 in one or both eyes and a field of seventy degrees horizontal vision without or with corrective carrier lenses, or if these persons have vision in one eye only, they demonstrate a field of at least forty degrees temporal and thirty degrees nasal horizontal vision;
2. Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/70 in one or both eyes with the bioptic telescopic lenses and without the use of field expanders;
3. Meet all other criteria for licensure;
4. Accompany the license application with a report of examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist on a form prescribed by the Department for evaluation by the Medical Advisory Board.
B. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be eligible for learner's permits issued under § 46.2-335 provided they first meet the requirements of subsection A of this section, except for that part of the examination requiring the applicant to drive a motor vehicle.
C. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be subject to the following restrictions:
1. They shall not be eligible for any of the driver's license endorsements provided for in § 46.2-328;
2. Their driver's licenses shall permit the operation of motor vehicles only during the period beginning one-half hour after sunrise and ending one-half hour before sunset.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision C 2 of this section, persons using bioptic telescopic lenses may be licensed to drive motor vehicles between one-half hour before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise if they:
1. Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/40 in one or both eyes with the bioptic telescopic lenses and without the use of field expanders;
2. Have been licensed under subsection C of this section for at least one year; and
3. Pass a skills test taken at night.
(1986, c. 115, § 46.1-357.3; 1989, cc. 147, 727.)
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