OAR 735-062-0390: Driving Privileges without a Daylight Hours Restriction for Persons with a Limited Vision Condition

(1) When an applicant meets the requirements in OAR 735-062-0320 for a special limited vision condition learner’s permit, DMV will issue the special limited vision condition learner’s permit without a driving during daylight hours only restriction, if the applicant also submits: (a) A report from a licensed vision specialist certifying that the person’s vision condition will allow the person to safely operate a motor vehicle at night; and (b) Proof of enrollment in a nighttime driving training program as described in OAR 735-062-0330 (8). (2) To participate in behind-the-wheel nighttime driving training, a person with a special limited vision condition learner’s permit, an instruction permit or a driver license that has a driving during daylight hours only restriction must provide DMV with: (a) The name of the rehabilitation specialist; (b) Date(s) of the nighttime training; and (c) A report from a licensed vision specialist certifying that the person’s vision condition will allow the person to safely operate a motor vehicle at night. (3) If the person qualifies, DMV will send a modified restriction letter to the rehabilitation training specialist to allow the person to drive during nighttime training. (4) DMV may issue an instruction permit or regular driver license without a driving during daylight hours only restriction to a person with a limited vision condition, or may remove the restriction from the person’s driving privileges if the person submits to DMV: (a) A report from a licensed vision specialist certifying that the person’s vision condition will allow the person to safely operate a motor vehicle at night. If this report also certifies that the person’s vision meets the vision requirements under ORS 807.359, no other vision report will be required for two years; and (b) A certificate issued by a rehabilitation training specialist certifying that the person has completed a nighttime driving training program as described in OAR 735-062-0330 (8) and can safely operate a motor vehicle at night. (5) If DMV has issued an instruction permit without a daylight only restriction to a person who later qualifies for a driver license, that license will be issued without a daylight only restriction as well.