Applicants applying for a Texas driver license must meet the following
vision standards: (For Commercial Driver License (CDL) vision standards refer
to §16.8 of this title (relating to Qualifications To Drive in Interstate
Commerce) and §16.9 of this title (relating to Qualifications To Drive
in Intrastate Commerce))
(1) The standards for two-eyed vision are as follows:
(A) without corrective lenses, 20/40 or better each eye and
both together: no visual restriction;
(B) without corrective lenses, worse than 20/40 with either
eye or both together: refer to specialist;
(C) with corrective lenses, 20/50 or better with best eye or
both together; any score with other eye: restrict to corrective lenses;
(D) without corrective lenses, 20/50 or better with best eye
or both together with specialist's statement that vision cannot be improved:
no visual restriction;
(E) with corrective lenses, 20/60 or 20/70 with best eye or
both together; any score with other eye: restrict to corrective lenses, daytime
only, 45 miles per hour speed limit, any other advisable restriction;
(F) without corrective lenses, 20/60 or 20/70 with best eye
or both together with specialist's statement that vision cannot be improved:
no visual restriction, daytime only, 45 miles per hour speed limit, any other
advisable restriction;
(G) with or without corrective lenses, worse than 20/70 with
best eye or both together; no further improvement possible: fail.
(2) The standards for one-eyed vision are as follows:
(A) without corrective lenses, 20/25 or better in best eye:
no visual restriction;
(B) without corrective lenses, worse than 20/25 in best eye:
refer to specialist;
(C) on all other case scores: use two-eyed vision standards;
(3) for driver licensing purposes, an acuity score of worse
than 20/200, with corrective lenses or specialist's statement that improvement
of 20/200 or better is not possible: is considered blind.
(4) Color blindness is checked on all original applicants.
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