CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS USING BIOPTIC TELESCOPIC LENSES (§ 46.2-312)

A. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be eligible for driver’s
licenses if they:

   1.  Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/200 in one or both eyes and a
   field of seventy degrees horizontal vision without or with corrective carrier
   lenses or a comparable measurement that demonstrates a visual field within
   this range, or if these persons have vision in one eye only, they demonstrate
   a field of at least forty degrees temporal and thirty degrees nasal horizontal
   vision or a comparable measurement that demonstrates a visual field within
   this range;

   2.  Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/70 in one or both eyes with the
   bioptic telescopic lenses and without the use of field expanders;

   3.  Meet all other criteria for licensure;

   4.  Accompany the license application with a report of examination by an
   ophthalmologist or optometrist on a form prescribed by the Department for
   evaluation by the Medical Advisory Board.

B. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be eligible for learner’s
permits issued under § 46.2-335 provided they first meet the requirements of
subsection A of this section, except for that part of the examination requiring
the applicant to drive a motor vehicle.

C. Persons using bioptic telescopic lenses shall be subject to the following
restrictions:

   1.  They shall not be eligible for any of the driver’s license
   endorsements provided for in § 46.2-328;

   2.  Their driver’s licenses shall permit the operation of motor vehicles
   only during the period beginning one-half hour after sunrise and ending
   one-half hour before sunset.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision C 2 of this section, persons
using bioptic telescopic lenses may be licensed to drive motor vehicles between
one-half hour before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise if they:

   1.  Demonstrate a visual acuity of at least 20/40 in one or both eyes with the
   bioptic telescopic lenses and without the use of field expanders;

   2.  Have been licensed under subsection C of this section for at least one
   year; and

   3.  Pass a skills test taken at night.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 115, § 46.1-357.3; 1989, cc. 147, 727; 2010, c. 18.