110 RENEWAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSES

110.1 Unless the Director provides otherwise, the initial term of a driver's license issued after September 1, 2000, and the next renewal term of any driver's license issued prior to that date, shall expire on the licensee's birth date occurring in the fifth year of the license term, and may thereafter be renewed for up to a five-year period ending on the licensee's birth date.110.2 The Director is authorized to issue a motor vehicle driver's license valid for a period of less than the maximum periods provided for in subsection 110.1 whenever the Director finds, on the basis of medical or psychiatric evidence, that a periodic determination is required as to the physical or mental qualification of an applicant to operate a motor vehicle safely.110.3 The Director is further authorized to extend the validity of any driver's license without additional fee for such additional period or periods as the Director, in his or her discretion, may determine; Provided, that such additional period(s) shall not exceed five (5) years in the aggregate.110.4 The Director may require any person applying for renewal of a driver's license to take and successfully pass a test of the applicant's eyesight and knowledge of the traffic laws of the District.110.5 The Director may require any applicant to take and successfully pass any additional test(s) as he may find reasonably necessary to determine the licensee's qualifications according to the type or general class of license applied for, and such examination may include any or all of the other tests required or authorized upon original application under the provisions of this chapter.110.6 The Director may defer the expiration of the license of a resident of the District who is on active duty away from the District in the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine of the United States and who, at the time of leaving the District, was the holder of a valid driver's license for a period not to exceed six (6) years upon such terms and conditions as the Director may prescribe. In the event that such driver's license is lost, mutilated, or badly worn, the Director may issue a replacement without charge and indicate the extended expiration date on the replacement license.110.7 A license may be renewed at any time in advance of expiration of a current license to take effect on the day following the expiration of the current license; Provided, that if the application for renewal is dated more than sixty (60) days prior to expiration of the current license, the renewed license shall be dated as of the day of issuance.110.8 Any person applying for renewal of a driver's license who owes the Department at least \$ 250 in outstanding unpaid fines and penalties may be eligible to participate in the Director's deferred payment plan, as provided in § 3007.5.

110.9 An applicant for the renewal of a driver's license is required to renew a license in person at least once every other renewal period and, on alternate renewal periods, the applicant may apply in person, by mail, or through the internet provided the applicant meets the following requirements:

(a) The applicant is not subject to re-examination pursuant to sections 110.4 or 111 of this chapter;

(b) The applicant certifies that the applicant meets the visual requirements of section 105 and there has been no change in the applicant's vision; and

(c) The applicant certifies that there has been no change in applicant's physical condition, the applicant is not diabetic, the applicant is not receiving and has not received treatment for episodes of altered consciousness or seizures during the preceding twelve (12) months and the applicant has not experienced any episodes of altered consciousness or seizures within the last five (5) years.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 3071 (April 6, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 10317 (NOV 15, 2002).