                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS UNABLE TO EXERCISE REASONABLE AND ORDINARY CONTROL OVER A MOTOR VEHICLE
(§ 46.2-315)

The Department shall not issue a driver&#8217;s license to any person when, in
the opinion of the Department, such person is suffering from an impairment that
will prevent his exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle
while driving it on the highways, nor shall a license be issued to any person
who is unable to understand highway warning or direction signs.
		The term &#8220;impairment&#8221; shall not mean inability of a person to hear
or to speak, or both, when he has good vision and can satisfactorily demonstrate
his ability to drive a motor vehicle and has sufficient knowledge of traffic
rules and regulations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-357; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-361; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c.
727; 2024, c. 414.