DRIVER LICENSING GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS RELATING FUNCTIONAL ABILITY TO CLASS OF VEHICLE

RESPONSIBILITY FOR LICENSING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS RESTS WITH STATE MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENTS. LICENSING ADMINISTRATORS RELY HEAVILY ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MEDICAL ADVISORS IN PROBLEM CASES WHERE QUESTIONS ARISE AS TO WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD MAKE HIM AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK AS A DRIVER ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. THE FUNCTIONAL CRITERIA SELECTED ARE COMMON TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISEASE ENTITIES OR IMPAIRMENTS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE GUIDELINES, SUBDIVISIONS OF FUNCTIONAL LEVEL HAVE BEEN GROUPED WITHIN THE SEVEN OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TYPE OF LICENSE AND THE FUNCTIONAL ABILITY REQUIRED FOR THE THREE CLASSES OF LICENSES, RECOMMENDED LICENSE LIMITATIONS ARE GIVEN, IN TABULAR FORM WHERE FEASIBLE.