PRINTER'S NO. 2971
No. 2148 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, BIANCUCCI, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, BLACKWELL, CALTAGIRONE, HENNESSEY, MARKOSEK AND WATERS, OCTOBER 31, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 31, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for the regulated use of bioptic 3 telescopic lens systems. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 1517.1. Bioptic telescopic lens system usage. 9 (a) General rule.--The department shall issue regulations 10 that allow for the restricted licensing of drivers with low 11 vision, including the use of a bioptic telescopic lens system. 12 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following 13 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this 14 subsection: 15 "Bioptic telescopic lens system." A two-focus optical system 16 used to magnify distant objects by including a small telescope 17 that is mounted in a spectacle lens in a manner to allow an 18 unobstructed view of the horizontal visual field through a
1 person's normal distance corrective lens. 2 "Low vision." The condition of having a corrected visual 3 acuity in the best eye equivalent to 20/200 or better and a 4 visual field of 120 degrees horizontally and 80 degrees 5 vertically, but insufficient to meet the minimum visual acuity 6 standards set forth by the Department of Transportation to 7 obtain a restricted license without the use of bioptic 8 telescopic lens system. 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. I16L75JAM/20050H2148B2971 - 2 -