NAC483.405. License to operate motor vehicle while wearing device: Application; report from physician or optometrist.  


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  •      1. Each applicant for a license to operate a motor vehicle who requires the use of a telescopic device must submit to the Department an application approved by the Department and a report from a physician or optometrist which is dated not more than 90 days before the date the Department receives the application and report.

         2. The application must include the applicant’s full legal name, date of birth and social security number, if the applicant has obtained one, and any information required by the Department relating to his or her driving record.

         3. The report of the physician or optometrist must include:

         (a) The best corrected vision of the applicant when looking through the telescopic device;

         (b) The best corrected vision of the applicant when looking through the carrier lens;

         (c) The field of vision of the applicant;

         (d) A statement describing the nature of the applicant’s visual deficiency, including whether the condition is progressive or stable; and

         (e) Any other information which the Department deems appropriate.

         4. The application and report may be delivered in person to any office of the Department or may be mailed to the regional manager of the Department for the region in which the applicant resides. The address of the:

         (a) Northern Regional Manager is the Department of Motor Vehicles, 305 Galletti Way, Reno, Nevada 89512, Attention: Northern Regional Manager.

         (b) Southern Regional Manager is the Department of Motor Vehicles, 8250 West Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117, Attention: Southern Regional Manager.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. & Pub. Safety, eff. 11-7-95; A by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R140-12, 12-20-2012, eff. 1-15-2013)