Sec. 647.007. OPERATOR PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers and a carrier may not permit or require a person to operate the motor vehicle if the person:
(1) is missing a foot, leg, hand, or arm;
(2) has a mental, nervous, organic, or functional disorder that is likely to interfere with the person's ability to safely operate the motor vehicle;
(3) is missing fingers, has impaired use of a foot, leg, finger, hand, or arm, or has another structural defect or limitation likely to interfere with the person's ability to safely operate the motor vehicle;
(4) has a visual acuity of less than 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye either without glasses or with corrective lenses;
(5) has a form field of vision in the horizontal median of less than a total of 140 degrees;
(6) cannot distinguish the colors red, green, and yellow;
(7) has hearing ability of less than 10/20 in the better ear for conversational tones without the use of a hearing aid; or
(8) is addicted to alcohol, narcotics, or habit-forming drugs.
(b) An operator who requires corrective lenses for vision shall use properly prescribed corrective lenses when operating the motor vehicle.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.34(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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