Connecticut driving lesson · Getting Your Connecticut License
Medical review, limited licenses and disabled drivers
A 3-minute lesson from the Connecticut course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A medical condition doesn't automatically keep you off the road. Connecticut reviews conditions that could affect safe driving and can issue a limited license with restrictions that let you drive safely.
Know the rule
A permit applicant must meet the health and fitness standards for license holders. An applicant with a physical or medical condition that may affect safe driving must undergo a review, and a favorable review must be obtained before the permit is issued.
A license program, developed with DMV's Medical Advisory Board, for people whose physical abilities have changed since first licensing, or who previously would not have qualified.
Before a limited license is issued, one or more physicians must submit reports, and the person may have to pass an on-the-road skills test with a DMV inspector.
Health standards are more stringent for CDL holders and for licenses to drive vehicles carrying passengers (taxi, delivery vehicle, bus, school bus, etc.).
Connecticut offers training for permanent residents who are disabled and may still drive using special adaptive equipment, through the state Bureau of Rehabilitation Services at (860) 424-4844.
Your eye doctor says you should not drive after dark. DMV may issue a limited license with a daylight restriction: you may drive only from a half hour before sunrise until a half hour after sunset.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
What must an applicant with a physical or medical condition affecting driving capability do before getting a learner's permit?
Undergo a review of the condition and obtain a favorable result
Provide a note from any family member
Pass a second vision test instead
Wait exactly one year before applying
Answer: Undergo a review of the condition and obtain a favorable result
An applicant with a condition affecting driving capability must undergo a review; a favorable review is required before the permit issues.