Sec. 14-45a. Regulations re standards for licensing of persons with health problems, referrals to medical advisory board, vision standards. Vision screenings. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-45a. Regulations re standards for licensing of persons with health problems, referrals to medical advisory board, vision standards. Vision screenings. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the licensing of persons with health problems. Such regulations shall (1) include basic standards for licensing decisions with respect to the most common and recurrent health problems, such as visual and neurological impairments, (2) include procedures for the referral of individual cases to the medical advisory board, and (3) specify vision standards that are necessary for a person to operate a motor vehicle safely.

      (b) Prior to issuing a motor vehicle operator's license to a person who has not previously been issued a license in this state or has not operated a motor vehicle within the preceding two years, the commissioner may require such person to pass a vision screening to determine if the person meets vision standards specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

      (P.A. 90-265, S. 6, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 48, 131.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), designating portions thereof as Subdivs. (1) and (2) and adding Subdiv. (3) requiring the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations specifying vision standards for the operation of a motor vehicle, and added new Subsec. (b) to allow the commissioner to require a person who has not previously been issued a license in the state or has not operated a motor vehicle in the preceding two years to pass a vision screening as a condition for licensure, effective July 1, 2001.