Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 2, by striking line 5 and inserting:
/ (3) To be eligible to receive a waiver, an applicant, in the two years preceding his application for a commercial driver's license must: /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, pages 2 and 3, SECTION 1, by striking Subsection (D)(4)(b) and inserting:
/ (b) the applicant meets the same requirements for interstate driving, except that:
(i) the applicant must have held a driver's license for the previous four years; and
(ii) the applicant must present the form specified by the department, signed by an optometrist or an ophthalmologist licensed in the State of South Carolina each year, in lieu of meeting the vision requirements of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391.41, and must present a Medical Examination Report in which the medical safety officer has certified that he has found the applicant to be qualified under Part 391.41 in all other physical requirements set forth in 49 CFR, Part 391.41 and mark the medical certificate 'Qualifies for Vision Waiver' if the applicant meets the tolerance allowances for a waiver. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 17-19 and inserting:
/ (6) Vision waiver certificates are valid for a period not to exceed one year after the date of the applicant's medical examiner's physical examination. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 24-25 and inserting:
/ (8) All recpients of a vision waiver will be required to have a license with the appropriate 'CDL' restriction. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 30-32 and inserting:
/ (ii) the applicant continues to meet the vision standards contained in this subsection, requiring a yearly renewal of the DOT physical and all other requirements of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391.41. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.