KRS 186.440: Persons ineligible for operator's license -- Reinstatement fee.

An operator's license shall not be granted to:

(1) Any person who is not a resident of Kentucky;

(2) Any person under the age of sixteen (16);

(3) Any person under the age of eighteen (18) who holds a valid Kentucky instruction

permit issued pursuant to KR S 186.450, but who has not graduated from high

school or who is not enrolled and successfully participating in school or who is not

being schooled at home, except those persons who satisfy the District Court of

appropriate venue pursuant to KRS 159.051(3) that revocation of their license

would create an undue hardship. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) shall

present proof of complying with the requirements of KRS 159.051;

(4) Any person whose operator's license has been suspended, during the period of

suspension, subject to the limitations of KRS 186.442;

(5) Any person whose operator's license has been revoked, nor to any nonresident

whose privilege of exemption under KRS 186.430 has been refused or discontinued,

until the expiration of the period for which the license was revoked, or for which the

privilege was refused or discontinued;

(6) Any applicant adjudged incompetent by judicial decree;

(7) Any person who in the opinion of the Department of Kentucky State Police, after

examination, is unable to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor

vehicle upon the highways;

(8) Any person who is unable to understand highway warnings or direction signs in the

English language;

(9) Any person required by KRS 186.480 to take an examination who has n ot

successfully passed the examination;

(10) Any person required by KRS Chapter 187 to deposit proof of financial

responsibility, who has not deposited that proof;

(11) Any person who has not filed a correct and complete application attested to in the

presence of a person authorized to administer oaths;

(12) Any person who cannot meet the requirements set forth in KRS 186.411(1) or (3);

or

(13) Any person whose operator's license has been suspended or revoked under the

provisions of KRS Chapter 186, 187, or 189A who has not paid the reinstatement

fee required under KRS 186.531.