Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:403.1

  • Department: means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
  • Motor vehicle: means and includes automobiles, trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, semitrailers, and motorcycles, propelled by steam, gasoline, electricity, or any other source of energy other than muscular power, except electric-assisted bicycles, farm implements temporarily operated or moved on a highway or vehicles operated only on rails or tracks constructed therefor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

Every person, sixty years of age or above, applying for a license under the provisions of this Chapter shall attach to his application a detailed report from a duly licensed physician or optometrist indicating his visual ability and a detailed medical report from a duly licensed physician indicating his physical condition and specifying any defects in connection therewith which might impair the applicant’s ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to persons applying for a renewal license except for those persons subject to La. Rev. Stat. 32:403.4.  However, it shall not be a breach of duty to the public or the individual if the department inadvertently fails to require a report from such applicant or if the department issues a license under the mistaken belief that such applicant is capable of driving safely.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 273, §8.  Acts 1989, No. 293, §1, eff. June 27, 1989.

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