Ch. 142                                   2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July June 1, 2004.

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 142
(Senate Bill 822)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Vision Requirements

FOR the purpose of repealing the termination date of a certain provision of law
establishing vision requirements for holders of a Class C noncommercial driver's
license; and generally relating to vision requirements and drivers' licenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Transportation
Section 16-110.3
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 346 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997, as amended by
Chapter 463 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002

Section 2

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

Article - Transportation

16-110.3.

(a) 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 § 16-110.1 of this subtitle but:

(1) Has simultaneously:

(i) A visual acuity of worse than 20/70, but no worse than 20/100,
in one or both eyes as determined by the Administration in consultation with the
Medical Advisory Board; and

(ii) A continuous field of vision of at least 110 degrees and with at
least 35 degrees lateral to the midline of each side; and

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