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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1937 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1937.02780520143045
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Visual Standards for Licensure to Operate Motor Vehicles Preliminary Report of Special Committee at Atlantic City Session NELSON M. BLACK, M.D., MIAMI, FLA.; HARRY S. GRADLE, M.D., CHICAGO, and ALBERT C. SNELL, M.D., ROCHESTER, N. Y. In 1925 a report on visual standards for operating motor vehicles was submitted to the Section on Ophthalmology and approved by the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association. There were embodied in this report, first, recommendations of minimum visual requirements, and, second, that under certain conditions applicants with less than this minimum be qualified by special or county boards of licensure. The report further recommended: "In each state there shall be a board of physical licensure in each county, or one for several counties, consisting of two general practitioners or surgeons and one ophthalmologist." The second part of this submitted recommendation proved to be impracticable and therefore has not been embodied in
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Dec 25, 1937