Vision and health standards — Michigan Permit Test

Vision and health standards on the Michigan permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If you need corrective lenses to pass the vision test, your license will say you must wear them while driving.

If you need glasses to see well enough to pass, you need them to see well enough to drive.

If corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses, are needed to pass the test, your driver’s license will indicate you must wear them while driving.
What Every Driver Must Know, p.7

If you fail the vision test, your eye-care specialist must complete a vision statement, and limits such as "daylight driving only" may be required.

A driver who sees poorly at night can still drive safely by day, so the license is fitted to what they can see.

Sometimes driving limitations, such as “daylight driving only,” will be required based on the vision statement and other information acquired by the Secretary of State.
What Every Driver Must Know, p.7

A physician's statement is required if the Secretary of State has reason to believe you had a fainting spell, blackout, seizure or other loss of consciousness in the preceding six months.

Blacking out at the wheel turns a car into an unguided missile, so the state checks first.

had a fainting spell, blackout, seizure or other loss of consciousness in the preceding six months.
What Every Driver Must Know, p.9

For a chauffeur's license or a commercial driver's license, you must not have had any blackouts, fainting spells or seizures within the last 12 months.

Drivers who carry others for a living are held to a longer clean period, because more people are at risk.

For a chauffeur’s license or a commercial driver’s license, you must not have had any blackouts, fainting spells or seizures within the last 12 months.
What Every Driver Must Know, p.9

If a restricted license is issued because of a disability or illness, a periodic driver reexamination may be required.

Some conditions change over time, so the state may check again later that you can still drive safely.

If a restricted driver’s license is issued because of a disability or illness, a periodic driver reexamination may be required.
What Every Driver Must Know, p.9

On the test

You need glasses to pass the vision test. What happens?

Your license will require you to wear them to drive. If you need glasses to see well enough to pass, you need them to see well enough to drive. What Every Driver Must Know, p.7: “If corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses, are needed to pass the test, your driver’s license will indicate you must wear them while driving.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against What Every Driver Must Know, published by the Michigan Department of State, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.