contact information
Motor Vehicle Division
Scott Hart Building, Second Floor
303 North Roberts
PO Box 201430
Helena, MT 59620-1430
www.doj.state.mt.us
Visual fields
Color vision requirement
Type of road test
Restricted licenses
Both eyes with/without correction
If one eye blind—other with/without correction
Absolute visual acuity minimum
Are bioptic telescopes allowed?
Minimum field requirement
Visual field testing device
Only for commercial drivers
The road test includes a figure 8; 3 left and 3 right turns; 2 stop signs; driving through an intersection; and parallel parking.
Available
20/40
20/40
20/70 in better eye with restrictions on daylight and speed; 20/100 in better eye for a possible license with restrictions.
Yes, with acuity of 20/100 or better through carrier lens.
Only for commercial drivers
Optec 1000
Age-based renewal procedures
Vision testing required at time of renewal?
Written test required?
Road test required?
Between ages 68-74, all issued/renewed licenses expire on the client’s 75th birthday. At age 75, renewal cycle is reduced to 4 years.
Yes
At the discretion of the examiner if safe operation of the motor vehicle is in question.
Same as written requirement.
Immunity
Legal protection
DMV follow-up
Other reporting
Anonymity
There is a statute granting physicians immunity from liability for reporting in good faith any patient whom the physician diagnoses as having a condition that will significantly impair the patient’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.
N/A
N/A
Will accept information from courts, other DMVs, police, family members, and other sources. Not anonymous or confidential. If requested, the state is required to disclose to the driver the name of the reporter.
