(1) A person may not be issued, nor may he/she
retain a type 2 endorsement, unless he/she:
(a) has no loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or an
arm; no impairment of a hand or finger which interferes with prehension or
power grasping; no arm, foot, leg, or limb impairment which interferes with the
ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a motor vehicle; or
he/she has been granted a federal waiver or exemption or has demonstrated
through a road test that the loss or impairment of a limb or extremity does not
significantly affect his/her driving ability as determined by the examiner who
conducts the test;
(b) has no established medical history or
clinical
diagnosis
of diabetes mellitus currently requiring the use of insulin for control, unless
he/she supplies a statement from his/her physician which indicates that he/she
has not suffered from any loss of consciousness or control from the condition
for the preceding 3 years, and that the condition is currently controlled;
(c) has no current clinical diagnosis of
myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or
any other cardiovascular disease of a variety known to be accompanied by
syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive cardiac failure, with any episode
within the last 12 months;
(d) has
no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of a respiratory
dysfunction likely to interfere with his/her ability to control and drive a
motor vehicle safely;
(e) has
no current clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with
his/her ability to operate a motor vehicle safely;
(f) has
no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of rheumatic, arthritic,
orthopedic, muscular, or vascular disease which interferes with his/her ability
to control and operate a motor vehicle safely;
(g) has
no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other
condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability
to control a motor vehicle unless he/she has not had any episode of loss of
consciousness or control within the preceding 5 years as certified by his/her
physician;
(h) has
no mental, nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder
likely to interfere with his/ her ability to drive a motor vehicle safely;
(i) has
distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye without
corrective lenses, or visual acuity separately corrected in one or both eyes to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses.
Applicants with binocular vision shall have a field vision of at least 70� in
the horizontal meridian in each eye, and monocular applicants shall have a
field vision of at least 70� temporal and 30� nasal;
(j) first perceives a forced whispered voice in the better ear at not less than 5
feet with or without the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of an
audiometric device, does not have an average hearing loss in the better ear
greater than 50 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a
hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated to American National
Standard Z24.5-1951;
(k) does
not use an amphetamine, narcotic, or any habit-forming drug; and
(l) has
no current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.