§ 31-7-114 — Examinations; visual acuity

(a) The division shall examine every applicant for a
driver's license and instructional permit and shall require each
applicant to demonstrate adequate visual acuity according to
department rules. The division's examination shall include a
test of the applicant's ability to read and understand official
traffic control devices and the applicant's knowledge of safe
driving practices and the traffic laws of the state. The
examination may also include an actual demonstration of ability
to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of
a motor vehicle of the type or class of vehicles to be driven.
(b) The division may waive the knowledge and driving test
of any person applying for a renewal license under this act.
(c) The division shall offer an examination within each
calendar month in each county.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1993, ch. 145, §§ 2, 5.
(e) No person may be issued a commercial driver's license
or commercial learner's permit unless the person is a resident
of this state and has passed a knowledge and skills test for
driving a commercial motor vehicle as prescribed by rules and
regulations of the department which shall at a minimum include
the standards established by the secretary of the United States
department of transportation. Except as provided in subsections
(f) and (g) of this section, the tests shall be prescribed and
conducted by the department. The written test for a hazardous
materials endorsement shall be taken and passed if the person
seeks to retain the "H" endorsement authorized under W.S.
31-7-304(a)(ii)(A).
(f) The department may authorize a person, including an
agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver
training facility or other private institution, or a department,
agency or instrumentality of local government including fire
departments to administer the skills test specified by
subsection (a) of this section, provided:
(i) The test is the same which the department would
administer;
(ii) The third party enters into an agreement with
the department which complies with rules and regulations of the
department which shall at a minimum include the requirements
designated in rules and regulations of the United States
department of transportation;
(iii) A third party tester who is not a division of
the state is bonded in an amount and as required by rules
adopted by the department;
(iv) Fingerprints and other necessary information is
provided by, and a federal bureau of investigation's criminal
background check is conducted on, every person conducting skills
testing on and after January 1, 2014 and on an annual basis
thereafter;
(v) No skills test is conducted on a student or
graduate of a commercial vehicle training school by any
commercial vehicle training school examiner who provided
instruction to the student or graduate; and
(vi) Every person conducting a skills test shall
conduct no less than ten (10) skills tests per year. Any skills
tester who performs less than ten (10) tests per year shall be
subject to recertification pursuant to rules adopted by the
department.
(g) The department may waive the knowledge test, skills
test or both, specified in subsection (e) of this section for a
commercial driver license applicant who meets the requirements
contained in rules and regulations of the department which shall
at a minimum include the requirements designated in rules and
regulations of the United States department of transportation.