Minnesota’s DVS Vision Report, Form PS30338, is a one-page form your eye doctor completes to show you meet the state’s vision standards for driving. You’ll be asked for it after failing the screening at an exam station or when DVS requests updated information about your eyes. Once Section B is signed by a licensed vision examiner and you’ve signed Section A in front of them, you can submit the form by mail, fax, or in person at any exam station. DVS won’t issue or reinstate a license until it has a satisfactory report on file.1Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Minnesota Vision Report Form PS30338
When DVS Requires the Form
The usual trigger is failing the vision screening at a DVS exam station during a license application or renewal. When that happens, you’re handed a blank PS30338 and told to get a professional eye exam. DVS can also request the form if a medical professional or law enforcement officer reports concerns about your eyesight, or if you have a known condition like cataracts, macular degeneration, or diabetic retinopathy that the state wants monitored.
The exam recorded on the form must have been performed within the previous six months. An older exam won’t be accepted, and you’ll need a fresh evaluation before DVS will act on the form.1Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Minnesota Vision Report Form PS30338
Completing Section A
Section A is your part and takes about a minute. Fill in your full legal name, street address, city, state, zip code, date of birth, and Minnesota driver’s license number before your appointment. Don’t sign it at home. The form requires you to sign Section A in the presence of the vision examiner.1Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Minnesota Vision Report Form PS30338
You can download the form from the Minnesota DVS website or pick up a paper copy at any exam station. If DVS sent you a notice asking for the report, bring that notice along so the examiner knows what the state is looking for.
What Your Eye Doctor Records in Section B
Section B has to be completed and signed by a licensed vision examiner. It captures three things.
Visual acuity. The examiner tests each eye alone and both together, recording acuity without corrective lenses, with your current lenses, and with any newly prescribed lenses. Those numbers determine your license tier.
Peripheral vision and eye conditions. The examiner measures your horizontal visual field in degrees for each eye. If a condition is impairing your vision, the examiner names it and marks it as stable or progressive. That stable-or-progressive mark drives how often DVS will ask you to resubmit the form later.
Recommendations. The examiner states whether your vision is adequate to drive safely, whether corrective lenses are needed, and which restrictions if any are appropriate: daylight only, a maximum speed, a radius from home, no freeway driving, or other conditions. The examiner also checks how often you should resubmit the report: every six months, one year, two years, three years, or four years. DVS uses this as a starting point but makes the final call.1Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Minnesota Vision Report Form PS30338
If you drive with bioptic telescopic lenses, your examiner must specifically write “bioptic lenses” on the form.2Ocutech. US State Bioptic Driving Regulations
The Vision Standards That Decide the Outcome
Minnesota Rule 7410.2400 sets the thresholds DVS applies to your report.3Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Minnesota Rules 7410.2400 – Vision
With corrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better in at least one eye and a horizontal field of 105 degrees or more, you qualify for an unrestricted license, or one carrying only a corrective-lens requirement if you need glasses or contacts to reach 20/40.
If your corrected acuity is 20/50 or worse, DVS issues a restricted license, with the speed cap tied to your acuity:
- 20/50: 55 mph maximum
- 20/60: 50 mph maximum
- 20/70: 45 mph maximum
The commissioner can also add a daylight-only restriction, limit you to a specific geographic area, bar freeway and expressway driving, or require left and right outside rearview mirrors if your peripheral field is under 105 degrees. A driver capped at 45 mph or less is automatically prohibited from any highway posted above 45.
Corrected acuity between 20/80 and just under 20/100 is referred to the DVS Driver Evaluation Unit, which decides whether any restricted license is feasible. Drivers using bioptics in that range must pass a road test. At 20/100 or worse, DVS denies or cancels the license. Driving privileges stay suspended until surgery, treatment, or corrective lenses bring vision above the threshold, at which point a new PS30338 documenting the improvement starts the evaluation again.
How to Submit the Form
Once Section B is signed and dated, you have three options:1Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Minnesota Vision Report Form PS30338
- By mail to the address printed on the form, which routes to the DVS Driver Evaluation Unit in St. Paul.
- By fax to (651) 282-2463.
- In person at any Driver’s License Exam Station.
Keep a copy. If you’re mailing the original, tracked delivery is worth the small cost. DVS won’t issue or reinstate your license without a satisfactory report on file, and a lost form means a new eye exam if the six-month window has closed.
After You Submit
DVS reviews the clinical data and mails you a written decision. Meeting the 20/40 standard gets you an unrestricted license or one with a simple corrective-lens code. Acuity between 20/50 and 20/70 brings a restricted license with the matching speed cap and any daylight, area, or equipment conditions from Rule 7410.2400.3Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Minnesota Rules 7410.2400 – Vision
New restrictions mean a new card. A duplicate license with updated restriction codes costs $26.4Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Driver’s License and ID Card Fees If your report shows a progressive condition, your file is flagged for re-evaluation on the interval your examiner recommended, and you’ll repeat this process on that schedule.
If You Drive Commercially
PS30338 covers standard non-commercial Minnesota licenses only. Commercial drivers fall under federal vision standards administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Since March 2022, the FMCSA has used a permanent rule in place of its older exemption program, and drivers with monocular vision or similar conditions work with a medical examiner using the federal Vision Evaluation Report, Form MCSA-5871.5FMCSA. General Vision Exemption Package Minnesota also has an intrastate vision waiver for commercial drivers who stay within the state, handled through MnDOT rather than DVS.