Kansas Statutes 8-295. Vision standards for drivers’ licenses
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-295
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;
(l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:
(1) Any temporary license or instruction;
(2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or
(3) any nonresident's operating privilege;
(m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;
(n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;
(o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
- examiner: means a drivers' license examiner of the division of vehicles or any person whom the director of vehicles has authorized, pursuant to the authority granted by this act, to accept applications for drivers' licenses and administer the examinations required for the issuance or renewal of drivers' licenses. See Kansas Statutes 8-234a
- Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or school. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
Each driver‘s license examiner shall use the following vision standards for driver’s license applicants:
(a) Each applicant testing 20/40 or better in at least one eye at the examination station shall meet the vision requirements. The driver’s license examiner shall give each applicant failing to meet this test a vision form and refer the applicant to an ophthalmologist or optometrist of the applicant’s choice.
(b) Each applicant who has received a vision report from an ophthalmologist or optometrist shall have 20/60 or better vision in at least one eye, with or without standard corrective lens, as determined by an ophthalmologist or optometrist to be eligible to be issued a driver’s license.
(c) The driver’s license examiner shall require each individual with a reading of 20/60 in the better eye, with or without standard corrective lens, to submit to a driver’s test.
(d) An applicant failing to meet any of the above standards may be issued a driver’s license if the applicant can demonstrate that the applicant can safely operate a vehicle and has had a good driving record for the previous three years. The division may impose reasonable restrictions on such license, as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-245, and amendments thereto.
(e) An applicant failing to meet the standards in subsections (a) through (d) shall be afforded a hearing in the manner prescribed by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-255(c), and amendments thereto.
(f) No optometrist or ophthalmologist reporting to the division or to the medical advisory board in good faith any information that such person has relating to the vision of an applicant for a driver’s license shall be liable for damages to any person subsequent to the issuance or the renewal of a driver’s license to the applicant.