PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               H.B. 376

(d) (1) If the applicant is totally blind in one eye and has at least 20/40 in the
other eye, the Administration may issue the applicant a restricted license, endorsed "any
motor vehicle which the holder drives shall have a properly placed rear view mirror and,
on each side of the vehicle, an outside, side view mirror".

(2)      If the applicant is totally blind in one eye and has less than 20/40 but at
least 20/70 in the other eye, the Administration may issue the applicant a restricted
license, endorsed both as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection and "daylight
driving only".

(3)     A license may not be issued to any applicant described in paragraphs (1)
or (2) of this subsection unless the vision in his seeing eye has been maintained at at least
the level required by this subsection for at least 90 days before the date of application.]

(C)      (1) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ISSUE A RESTRICTED LICENSE TO AN
APPLICANT WHO HAS SIMULTANEOUSLY:

(I)       A VISUAL ACUITY OF AT LEAST 20/40 IN ONE OR BOTH EYES;
AND

(II)     A CONTINUOUS HELD OF VISION OF AT LEAST 110 DEGREES
AND WITH AT LEAST 35 DEGREES LATERAL TO THE MIDLINE OF EACH SIDE.

(2)      TO QUALIFY FOR A RESTRICTED LICENSE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION,
THE ADMINISTRATION MAY REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A REPORT OF
EXAMINATION BY A LICENSED OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST FOR
EVALUATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION OR ITS MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.

(3)      A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION:

(I)       SHALL BE ENDORSED "OUTSIDE MIRRORS EACH SIDE"; AND

(II)     MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION, BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS
OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST, OR ANY OTHER EVALUATION THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION DETERMINES APPROPRIATE

(D)     (1) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY ONLY ISSUE A RESTRICTED CLASS C
NONCOMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TO AN APPLICANT WHO DOES NOT
OTHERWISE MEET THE VISION STANDARDS UNDER THIS SECTION BUT WHO HAS
SIMULTANEOUSLY:

(I)      A VISUAL ACUITY OF AT LEAST 20/70 IN ONE OR BOTH EYES;
AND

(II)     A CONTINUOUS HELD OF VISION OF AT LEAST 110 DEGREES
AND WITH AT LEAST 35 DEGREES LATERAL TO THE MIDLINE OF EACH SIDE

(2) TO QUALIFY FOR A RESTRICTED LICENSE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION,
THE ADMINISTRATION MAY REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A REPORT OF
EXAMINATION BY A LICENSED OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST FOR
EVALUATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION OR ITS MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.

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