NCJ Number
150799
Date Published
1994
Length
80 pages
Annotation
This document contains the vision guidelines included in the medical screening manual for California law enforcement personnel.
Abstract
The manual was developed with three major goals in mind: consistency with the law, utilization of the best available medical information and resources, and usefulness to those involved in the medical screening of patrol officer candidates. Specifically, this section on vision guidelines begins with general screening recommendations. The section on far acuity deficiency covers methods of correction (glasses, contact lenses, and orthokeratology) and a recommended evaluation protocol. The guidelines also refer to radial keratotomy, visual field deficiency, binocular fusion deficiency, and color vision deficiency. 20 tables, 7 figures, 69 references, and 1 appendix