The Department of Public Safety shall not issue any license under this chapter to any person when the department has good cause to believe that the operation of a motor vehicle on the highways by such person would be inimical to public safety or welfare.

Source: SL 1959, ch 261 , § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B03 (7); SL 2003, ch 272 , § 23.