{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-315","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-315","heading":"Persons unable to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle","body":"The Department shall not issue a driver's license to any person when, in the opinion of the Department, such person is suffering from an impairment that will prevent his exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle while driving it on the highways, nor shall a license be issued to any person who is unable to understand highway warning or direction signs.The term \"impairment\" shall not mean inability of a person to hear or to speak, or both, when he has good vision and can satisfactorily demonstrate his ability to drive a motor vehicle and has sufficient knowledge of traffic rules and regulations.Code 1950, § 46-357; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-361; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727; 2024, c. 414.","path":["Title 46.2. Motor Vehicles","Subtitle II. Titling, Registration and Licensure","Chapter 3. Licensure of Drivers","Article 3. Persons Not to Be Licensed"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-315/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"6328e72440198a60105acaf266e222c931d9b6c47824a8c4a64a277a35b8f710","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-314","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-316"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}