Form 735-24 - Certificate Of Vision (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

STANDARD FOR VISION SPECIALISTS

(ophthalmologist or optometrist)

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 applicants 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

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) 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.

(4) 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.

---Please see "Persons with Limited Vision" section below for additional information.---

Persons with Limited Vision - ORS 807.355 - ORS 807.369

Oregon laws specify vision qualification and licensing steps pertaining to persons with a Limited Vision

Condition that are different than the standards under OAR 735-062-0050. Limited vision condition means

visual acuity in the better eye with best lens correction that is no better than 20/80 and no worse than

20/200. The visual requirement is 120 degrees horizontally and 80 degrees vertically. (DMV form

735-24A required.)

For additional information write to:

For Official Use Only – DMV

DMV DRIVER SAFETY UNIT

Ref#: ____________

Action: ____________

1905 LANA AVE NE

SALEM, OR

97314-4120

Date: ____________

MV#: _____________

– OR CALL –

(503) 945-5083

Telecommunication Device for the

Hearing Impaired - Statewide relay: 7-1-1

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