Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Upon
application for a student license the authorized driving school shall require
the following examinations of the applicant:
(1) A test of the applicant's knowledge and
understanding of traffic signs and signals.
(A) The knowledge test shall be the Student
License Knowledge Test, Form OL 802 (10/88), provided by the department and
shall be administered by a licensed driving school instructor employed by the
authorized driving school. The knowledge test shall provide to the instructor
information concerning the applicant's knowledge of basic signs and signals and
rules of the road. The knowledge test shall be administered to non-English
speaking or illiterate applicants in such a manner as to provide to the
instructor the applicant's knowledge of basic signs and signals and rules of
the road.
(2) A test of
the vision of the applicant.
(A) The vision
test shall be administered by an employee of the authorized driving school
trained to conduct a test of the distance vision of the applicant for a student
license on the distance vision testing device in possession of the authorized
driving school. The vision test shall determine if the applicant has distance
vision of at least 20/40 in both eyes combined, with at least 20/40 in the
better eye and no less than 20/67 in the weaker eye, with or without corrective
lenses.
(3) A test of the
hearing of the applicant.
(A) The hearing test
shall be administered by an employee of the authorized driving school. The
hearing test shall demonstrate to the employee the applicant's ability to hear
ordinary conversation with or without the use of a hearing
device.
(b) The
results of each examination shall be noted on the student license application
by the person administering the test.
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering former section
401.20 to section 344.20 filed
7-19-93 pursuant to title 1, section
100, California Code of
Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
12660 and
12661,
Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
12661 and
12805,
Vehicle Code.
