Which States Require Driving License Test Again

Topic:
DRIVER LICENSES; ELDERLY;
Location:
MOTOR VEHICLES - LICENSES;

July 28, 2006		2006-R-0457
REQUIREMENTS IN OTHER STATES FOR ELDERLY DRIVERS RENEWING DRIVERS' LICENSES
By: James J. Fazzalaro, Principal Analyst

Yous asked what special requirements other states take with regard to elderly drivers who are renewing their drivers ' licenses.

SUMMARY

There are relatively few states that accept retesting requirements for license renewal that are aimed strictly at drivers in older age groups. Only two states, Illinois and New Hampshire crave a road examination (at historic period 75). A route test may be administered at age 75 in the District of Columbia, only it is not mandatory. Although 10 states crave merely drivers who have reached a sure age to have a vision test before license renewal, in that location is little consistency with respect to the historic period threshold at which the requirement applies. Two states begin vision testing at historic period 40, one at age l, and the others at anywhere from age 64 to historic period 80.

Other types of age-based conditions involve states that either prohibit mail renewal by elderly drivers (five states) or make older drivers renew their licenses at more frequent intervals than other drivers (15 states).

But four states, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Nevada, have laws explicitly stating that age alone may non exist considered justification for reexamination.

STATES WITH RETESTING REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO OLDER DRIVERS

Separate requirements for license renewal based strictly on age are not all that common in other states and, in fact, the laws in a few states explicitly state that age alone is not acceptable grounds for commuter reexamination. The most common type of age-based renewal requirement is a reduced renewal cycle for drivers that reach certain ages, thus necessitating more frequent appearances at motor vehicle offices than younger drivers and in many cases more than frequent vision screenings in the states that crave them for anybody at renewal. At that place are xv states that have this shorter renewal bicycle requirement, in most cases, fix at one-half or two-thirds of the state ' due south normal renewal period. Connecticut allows drivers who are historic period 65 or older to renew their licenses for 2 instead of six years, but this is at their selection.

Another requirement in some states that allow license renewals by mail is that drivers who reach a certain age renew in person rather than by postal service. In some cases renewal may as well be washed electronically via the internet. In five states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, and Louisiana—this option is non allowed for drivers who have reached certain ages. In Connecticut, all license renewals must exist done in person.

While a number of states have vision screening requirements that apply to all license renewal applicants, just ten jurisdictions have vision retesting requirements specific to drivers in certain older age groups. Withal, there is no consistency among the 10 jurisdictions with respect to the age at which the vision testing requirement applies. Maine and Maryland begin vision testing at age 40; Oregon at age 50 (every eight years); Georgia at historic period 64; Arizona, South Carolina and Utah at age 65; the District of Columbia at historic period seventy; and Florida and Virginia at age 80. South Carolina ' s historic period-specific vision testing requirement volition no longer apply beginning Oct 1, 2008 when all renewing drivers will exist required to take a vision screening every five years. Although Florida requires a vision exam for renewing drivers who have reached age 80, information technology still allows these applicants to renew their licenses by post. (In Connecticut, beginning July i, 2007, the law requires every license holder to undergo a vision screening on every 2nd license renewal regardless of age (CGS � 14-41). Although this requirement was first enacted in 1990, the legislature has postponed its implementation repeatedly for budgetary reasons.)

Merely two states—Illinois and New Hampshire—require older drivers to retake a route examination when renewing their licenses. Indiana eliminated its renewal road test for age 75 and above in 1999. In the District of Columbia, someone may be required to accept a reaction test if he has reached age 70 at renewal and a written and road test if he has reached age 75, but these are not mandatory. Whether they are administered is at the examiner ' s discretion.

Table 1 shows u.s. that have the age-specific requirements for renewal applicants described above.

Tabular array 1: Age-Specific License Renewal Requirements

State	Renew By Mail Prohibited For:	Shorter Renewal Cycle Applies	Age-Specific Vision or Route Test at Renewal
Alaska	Age 69+
Arizona	Historic period 70+	All licenses ordinarily valid until age 65. Age 65+ must get a v yr license	Age 65-69 renewing by mail must submit verification of a vision test conducted no more than than iii months prior
California	Age 70+
Colorado	Age 61+	10 year normal term 5 years for age 61+
Commune of Columbia			First renewal at age 70 or above—vision test is required and a reaction test may be required. Applicant must provide physician ' s statement certifying his physical and mental competency to drive Written and road tests may be required on first renewal at or afterward age 75 just are not mandatory
Florida			Vision exam for age fourscore+ If renewing by mail service, test must be performed by physician or optometrist
Georgia		5 or x year selection merely v year only for age threescore+	Vision test for historic period 64+
Hawaii		6 year normal term 2 years for historic period 72+
Idaho		four or eight twelvemonth option through age 62; Age 63+ become only iv yr license
Illinois		4 yr normal term 2 years for age 81-86 i yr for age 87 and older	Age 75 and older must accept road test at renewal
Indiana		4 year normal term 3 years for historic period 75+
Iowa		five year normal term 2 yr for historic period 65+
Kansas		six twelvemonth normal term four years for age 65+
Louisiana	Age 70+
Maine		vi year normal term 4 years for age 65+	Vision examination required at offset renewal after age forty; every second renewal until age 62; every renewal after age 62
Maryland			Vision test at each renewal for age forty+
Missouri		6 yr normal term 3 year for age 70+
Montana		viii yr if in person/4 twelvemonth if renewed by mail Age 75+ must get 4 twelvemonth	No one may renew by mail for consecutive terms
New Hampshire			Historic period 75 and older must accept road test at renewal
New Mexico		4 or viii year option normal iv years for drivers turning 75 in terminal half of 8 yr cycle and thereafter
Oregon			Vision screening every viii years for age 50+
Rhode Isle		5 years normal term ii years for historic period 70+
Southward Carolina		10 years normal term 5 years for 65+	Vision exam for historic period 65 and older Beginning October 1, 2008, vision test for all renewing drivers every five years regardless of age
Utah			Vision test for age 65 and older
Virginia			Vision examination for age fourscore and older

Although Maryland requires vision testing for all renewing drivers historic period 40 or older, its police also specifically prohibits age lonely from being grounds for reexamination of a renewal applicant. In Nevada, applicants renewing by mail who are age 70 and older must include a medical report with their application. But the police too prohibits age lonely from existence the sole justification for license reexamination. Minnesota law likewise explicitly prohibits reexamination based solely on a renewal applicant ' s age. Massachusetts police force more often than not prohibits discrimination by reason of historic period with respect to driver licensing.

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