13 AAC 08.330. Requirements of applicant

(a) All applications for driver's licenses must be made on the form provided by the department. The application will include questions concerning a person's eligibility for a license, including the existence of physical or mental conditions which may impair the ability of the person to operate a motor vehicle safely. If the answers to these questions indicate the existence of a physical or mental disability which may affect the safe operation of a motor vehicle by an applicant, the department will, in its discretion, require an examination of the person by a licensed physician, psychiatrist, optometrist, or other competent medical authority before issuance of a driver's license. The expense of the examination must be paid by the applicant. The results of an examination within the previous six months will suffice unless the condition has commenced or changed since that examination.

(b) A person who makes an original application for a driver's license must furnish documentary proof of the person's date of birth, and one form of identification to verify the person's name. The proof of date of birth may consist of one of the following:

(1) an original or certified copy of the person's birth certificate;

(2) an out-of-state driver's license;

(3) a passport; or

(4) other evidence of comparable validity. The form of identification may consist of items such as identification card; social security card; credit card; life insurance policy; or any other evidence of comparable validity.

(c) The department will, in its discretion, require that a previously issued driver's license be surrendered to the department at the time of issuance or renewal of an Alaska driver license.

(d) If an applicant's driving privileges are under suspension or revocation in another jurisdiction, the applicant must obtain written proof from that jurisdiction showing that the suspension or revocation has terminated before issuance of an Alaska license.

(e) Any applicant for an original license or renewal of a license expired more than one year must take vision, knowledge, and road tests. The road test will, in the department's discretion, be waived if applicant possesses a valid license issued by another jurisdiction. Tests will be conducted as follows:

(1) the vision test will be conducted at the time the applicant applies for a driver's license;

(2) the knowledge test will be conducted when the applicant applies for a driver's license. If not passed the first time, it may be retaken the following day; if not passed the second time, third and subsequent tests will be, in the department's discretion, administered at weekly intervals;

(3) the first road test will be, in the department's discretion, conducted the day the applicant satisfactorily meets all other requirements; a second road test will be conducted one week after the first test if the department finds it necessary.

(f) An applicant for renewal of an Alaska driver's license must take the vision test, and must meet requirements set out in 13 AAC 08.340(d) .

History: Eff. 5/2/81, Register 78; am 8/9/84, Register 91; am 10/2/92, Register 123; am 4/2/94, Register 129

Authority: AS 28.05.011

AS 28.05.031

AS 28.05.081

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