Vermont § 632 - Examination required; waiver

§ 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.)