46.2-221 - Certain state agencies to report to Department concerning the blind and nearly blind; use of such information by Department; Department to report names of persons refused licenses for defec - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-221. Certain state agencies to report to Department concerning theblind and nearly blind; use of such information by Department; Department toreport names of persons refused licenses for defective vision; reports tolaw-enforcement agencies concerning certain blind or visually impairedpersons who operate motor vehicles.

Every state agency having knowledge of the blind or visually handicapped,maintaining any register of the blind, or administering either tax deductionsor exemptions for or aid to the blind or visually handicapped shall report inJanuary of each year to the Department the names of all persons so known,registered or benefiting from such deductions or exemptions, for aid to theblind or visually handicapped. This information shall be used by theDepartment only for the purpose of determining qualifications of thesepersons for licensure under Chapter 3 of this title. If any such state agencyhas knowledge that any person so reported continues to operate a motorvehicle, such agency may provide this information to appropriatelaw-enforcement agencies as otherwise permitted by law.

The Department shall report to the Virginia Department for the Blind andVision Impaired and the Department of Rehabilitative Services at leastannually the name and address of every person who has been refused a driver'slicense solely or partly because of failure to pass the Department's visualexamination.

If any employee of the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impairedmakes a report to the Department of Motor Vehicles or provides information toan appropriate law-enforcement agency as required or permitted by thissection concerning any client of the agency, it shall not be deemed to havebeen made in violation of the client-agency relationship.

(1968, c. 98, §§ 46.1-40.1, 46.1-40.1:1; 1977, c. 340; 1984, c. 780; 1988, c.798; 1989, c. 727; 2003, c. 301.)