PRINTER'S NO. 1914
No. 1524 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY DUFFY, JUNE 27, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 27, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing correction by telescopic lenses for
3 visual acuity license requirements.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1519(a) of the Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1519. Determination of incompetency.
9 (a) General rule.--The department, having cause to believe
10 that a licensed driver or applicant may not be physically or
11 mentally qualified to be licensed, may obtain the advice of a
12 physician who shall cause an examination to be made or who shall
13 designate any other qualified physician. The licensed driver or
14 applicant may cause a written report to be forwarded to the
15 department by a physician of the driver's or applicant's choice.
16 Vision qualifications shall be determined by an optometrist or
17 ophthalmologist. Correction through the use of telescopic lenses
18 shall be acceptable for the purposes of meeting visual acuity
1 requirements. The department shall appoint one or more qualified
2 persons who shall consider all medical reports and testimony and
3 determine the competency of the driver or the applicant to
4 drive.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
F20L75JRW/19850H1524B1914 - 2 -