New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter II - Board of Commissioners of Pilots
Part 52 - Pilot Licenses
Section 52.4 - Eye examination required

Applicants for license and pilots applying for increase or renewal of license shall be examined for visual acuity and color perception by a physician or an optometrist designated by the commissioners or, with the permission of the commissioners, by a personal physician or optometrist. Examinations by persons designated by the board will be at the board's expense. Examinations by personal physicians or optometrists will be at the expense of the individual being examined. If the physician or optometrist reports that a pilot or an applicant for license is deficient in either visual acuity or color perception, the commissioners may, at their discretion, refuse to grant a license, increase, or renewal.