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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

Now has a Medical reporting link on their website:



|Pennsylvania’s Medically Impaired Driver Law |

|For years, Pennsylvania law has required health care personnel to report to PennDOT those drivers under their care whose driving|

|skills may be affected by a medically related condition. Each year, health care personnel play a significant role in PennDOT’s |

|effort of removing medically unsafe drivers from our highways - a very real public health and safety issue. |

|According to Section 1518 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code all health care personnel, i.e. all physicians, podiatrists, |

|chiropractors, physician assistants, certified registered nurse practitioners and other persons authorized to diagnose or treat |

|disorders and disabilities defined by PennDOT’s Medical Advisory Board, must report to PennDOT within 10 days, in writing, the |

|full name, address, and date of birth of any patient 15 years of age or older, who has been diagnosed as having a condition that|

|could impair his or her ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. However, reports are not required if the condition is |

|expected to last less than 90 days; for example, a broken leg would not need to be reported to PennDOT. |

|Medical Reporting Forms |

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|Scroll down to the diabetes section |

|Diabetes |§ 83.5(a)(1) states that a person who has unstable diabetes mellitus leading to severe hypoglycemic reactions or |

|Mellitus |symptomatic hyperglycemia will not be qualified to drive, unless there has been a continuous period of at least 6 |

|(DL-122) |months free from a disqualifying episode. |

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| |Individuals who have had a disqualifying episode and are eligible for restoration must submit to follow-up |

| |diabetic examinations, which include an HbA1C test as well as a vision screening at 6, 12, 24, and finally 48 |

| |month intervals. Diabetic examinations may be required more frequently if recommended by the treating heath care |

| |provider. |

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| |However, a waiver from disqualification may be granted if an individual has been previously free from severe |

| |hypoglycemic reactions or symptomatic hyperglycemia for the preceding 6 months and the subsequent severe |

| |hypoglycemic reaction or symptomatic hyperglycemia occurred |

| |while the individual was under the treating health care provider’s care, |

| |during or concurrent with a nonrecurring transient illness, or |

| |toxic ingestion or metabolic imbalance. |

| |The above waiver will only be granted if the treating health care provider submits written certification |

| |indicating it is a temporary condition or isolated incident not likely to recur. |

Medical Criteria and Regulations

Medical Regulations for Drivers, other than School Bus Drivers ... Diabetic examinations may be required more frequently if recommended by the treating ...

dmv.state.pa.us

dmv.state.pa.us/medicalReportingCenter/medicalreportingforms.shtml

CHAPTER 83. - PennDOT CHAPTER 83.docx

This regulation has the force and effect of a statute. Dare v. .... Once the diabetic condition has stabilized, and as long as the ...

dmv.state.pa.us

dmv.state.pa.us/pdotforms/misc/Chapter%2083.pdf

PENNDOT - Fact Sheet- Pub 71

laws and regulations relating to the operation of school buses. .... (B) The driver submits to a diabetic examination every 6 months and ...

dmv.state.pa.us

dmv.state.pa.us/pdotforms/fact_sheets/fs-pub71.pdf

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