53-3-206. Examination of applicant's physical and mental fitness to drive a motor
vehicle.
(1) The division shall examine every applicant for a license, including a test of the
applicant's:
(a) eyesight either:
(i) by the division; or
(ii) by allowing the applicant to furnish to the division a statement from a physician
licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or an optometrist licensed under
Title 58, Chapter 16a, Utah Optometry Practice Act;
(b) ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic;
(c) ability to read and understand simple English used in highway traffic and directional
signs;
(d) knowledge of the state traffic laws;
(e) other physical and mental abilities the division finds necessary to determine the
applicant's fitness to drive a motor vehicle safely on the highways; and
(f) ability to exercise ordinary and responsible control driving a motor vehicle, as
determined by actual demonstration or other indicator.
(2) The division shall determine whether any facts exist that would bar granting a license
under Section 53-3-204.
(3) The division shall examine each applicant according to the class of license applied
for.
(4) An applicant for a CDL shall meet all additional requirements of Part 4 of this
chapter.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 234, 1993 General Session
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