WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 209

Article - Transportation

Section 16-103.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

16-103.1.

The Administration may not issue a driver's license to an individual:

(1)     During any period for which the individual's license to drive is revoked,
suspended, refused, or canceled IN THIS OR ANY OTHER STATE, UNLESS THE
INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR A RESTRICTED LICENSE UNDER § 16-113(C) § 16-113(E)
OF THIS ARTICLE SUBTITLE;

(2)     Who is an habitual drunkard, habitual user of narcotic drugs, or habitual
user of any other drug to a degree that renders the individual incapable of safely driving
a motor vehicle;

(3)     Who previously has been adjudged to be suffering from any mental
disability or mental disease and who, at the time of application, has not been adjudged
competent;

(4)     Who is required by this title to take an examination, unless the
individual has passed the examination;

(5)     Whose driving of a motor vehicle on the highways the Administration
has good cause to believe would be inimical to public safety or welfare;

(6)     Who is unable to exercise reasonable control over a motor vehicle due to
disease or a physical disability, including the loss of an arm or leg or both, except that, if
the individual passes the examination required by this title, the Administration may issue
the individual a restricted license requiring the individual to wear a workable artificial
limb or other similar body attachment;

(7)     Who is unable to understand highway warning or direction signs written
in the English language;

(8)     Who is unable to sign the individual's name for identification purposes;

(9)     Who is 70 years old or older and applying for a new license, unless the
applicant presents to the Administration:

(i) Proof of the individual's previous satisfactory operation of a motor
vehicle; or

(ii) A written certification acceptable to the Administration from a
licensed physician attesting to the general physical and mental qualifications of the
applicant; or

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