The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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EXAMINATIONS
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 632)
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§ 632. Examination required; waiver
(a) Before an operator’s or a junior operator’s license is issued to an applicant for
the first time in this State, or before a renewal license is issued to an applicant
whose previous Vermont license had expired more than three years prior to the application
for renewal, the applicant shall pass a satisfactory examination, except that the
Commissioner may, in the Commissioner’s discretion, waive the examination when the
applicant holds a chauffeur’s, junior operator’s, or operator’s license in force at
the time of application or within three years prior to the application in some other
jurisdiction where an examination is required similar to the examination required
in this State.
(b) The examination shall consist of:
(1) an oral or written examination;
(2) a thorough road test; and
(3) at the discretion of the Commissioner, such other examination or demonstration as
the Commissioner may prescribe, including an oral eye examination.
(c) An applicant may have an individual of the applicant’s choosing at the oral examination
or road test to serve as an interpreter, including to translate any oral commands
given as part of the road test. (Amended 1985, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2015, No. 47, § 16; 2019, No. 60, § 9; 2019, No. 60, § 24, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2025, No. 66, § 13, eff. July 1, 2025.)