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Section 4: 4. Binocular Vision Standard - clear, comfortable binocular vision with good stereopsis all normal working distances and viewing angles with correction. Screening referral - stereo - acuity poorer than 80" on Titmus test or equivalent; or distance phoria equal to or exceeding 5 eso or 5 exo; or near phoria equal to or exceeding 6 eso or 10 exo. 5. Color Vision Standard - normal or anomalous trichromacy (no filters may be used). Screening referral - failure on a series of pseudoisochromatic plates. 6. Visual Fields Standard - normal visual fields. Screening failure - failure to meet perimetry standards listed: Values Temporal -85 degrees Superior -temporal -51 degrees Superior -45 degrees Superior -nasal -48 degrees Nasal -54 degrees Inferior -nasal -48 degrees Inferior -64 degrees Inferior -temporal -80 degrees Screening Referral - Failure on a field screener. 7. Pathology Standard -no pathological conditions which impair or would eventually impair visual performance. Screening referral - failure on ophthalmoscopic examination. Contact Lens Waiver (Police And Fire Department Applicants) A contact lens wearer is probably at less risk of having his or her contact lens vision correction device dislodged or forcibly removed while on duty than is a spectacle wearer. Therefore, the Appointing Authority may consider waiving the uncorrected visual acuity standard for a successful Police and/or Fire Department applicant, contact lens wearer under the following conditions: 1. The candidate shall verify to the Commission, through medical certification of a optometrist or ophthalmologist that he/she has' been a successful contact lens wearer for a minimum of one year prior to the date of the examination. 2. The Police and Fire Department recognizes the need to routinely verify that the contact lenses are being worn while on duty. 3 05-24-2004 Update