47-6-103.

§47-6-103.


    A.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department of Public
Safety shall not issue a driver's license to:
    1.  Any person who is under eighteen (18) years of age, except
that the Department may issue a Class D license to any person who:
         a.   is sixteen (16) years of age before January 1, 1997, or
         b.   attains sixteen (16) years of age on or after January
              1, 1997, and meets the requirements of Section 6-107.3
              of this title;
    2.  Any unemancipated person who is sixteen (16) or seventeen
(17) years of age and whose custodial parent or guardian objects to
the issuance of a license or permit by filing an objection pursuant
to Section 6-103.1 of this title;
    3.  Any person whose driving privilege has been suspended,
revoked, canceled or denied in this state or any other state until
the driving privilege has been reinstated by the state withdrawing
the privilege;
    4.  Any person whose driving privilege has been revoked for a
period of three (3) years pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4
of Section 6-205.1 of this title, until the passage of the three-year
period;
    5.  Any person who is required by Section 6-101 et seq. of this
title to take an examination, unless the person shall have
successfully passed the examination;
    6.  Any person who is required under the laws of this state to
deposit proof of financial responsibility and who has not deposited
such proof;
    7.  Any person who is physically deformed or who is afflicted
with any mental disease or physical condition that would impair the
driving ability of the person or when the Commissioner of Public
Safety, from information concerning the person or from the records
and reports on file in the Department of Public Safety, determines
that the operation of a motor vehicle by such person on the highways
would be inimical to public safety or welfare;
    8.  Any person who is a nonresident, as defined in Section 1-137
of this title;
    9.  Any alien unless such person presents valid documentation of
identity issued pursuant to the laws of the United States; or
    10.  Any person who possesses a valid license to operate a motor
vehicle issued by another state until the other state license has
been surrendered.
    B.  Any applicant who is denied a license under the provisions of
subsection A of this section shall have the right to an appeal as
provided in Section 6-211 of this title.