OAR 735-062-0050: Eyesight Check Content and Standards

(1) The Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division of the Department of Transportation (DMV) will check the following items when testing the eyesight of an applicant for a driver permit or driver license: (a) Acuity; and (b) Field of vision. (2) To qualify for driving privileges, a person must meet the following eyesight standards: (a) Acuity: The person must have a visual acuity level of 20/70 or better when looking through both eyes (or one eye if the person has usable vision in only one eye). A person with usable vision in both eyes will meet the standard if the visual acuity level in one eye is worse than 20/70 so long as the visual acuity level in the other eye is 20/70 or better; (b) Field of vision: The person must have a field of vision of at least 110 degrees; and (c) Daylight driving only: DMV will restrict the person's driving privileges to daylight driving only, if the person's best eye is worse than 20/40 and no worse than 20/70, unless in the written opinion of a licensed vision specialist (ophthalmologist or optometrist), the person's driving should not be restricted. DMV will not restrict a person whose vision is 20/40 or better to daylight driving only unless in the written opinion of a licensed vision specialist, such restriction is warranted. (3) DMV may issue a driver permit or driver license only to a person who meets the standards in Section (2) of this rule except as described in sections (4) and (5) of this rule. (4) A person may meet the eyesight standards with the use of a corrective lens or lenses. When a person must use a corrective lens or corrective lenses to meet the eyesight standards, DMV will restrict the person to driving only when wearing corrective lenses. (5) DMV may authorize a person to use a bioptic telescopic lens on a corrective lens, as defined in OAR 735-062-0310(1), if when looking through the carrier lens and not the telescopic device, the person meets the eyesight standards set forth in section (2) of this rule. (6) A person who has a limited vision condition as described in Section 3, Chapter 277, Oregon Laws 2003, may be eligible for restricted driving privileges as set forth in OAR 735-062-0300 through 735-062-0390.