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Doctors/ldrivers licences
Fri, 04/05/2013 - 16:51Comments
Re: Doctors/ldrivers licences
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Tue, 2013-04-09 - 00:44
Re: Doctors/ldrivers licences
Submitted by hellsbells on Thu, 2013-05-09 - 15:40
Hey Cutter,
I definently think you need to be doing some research about the driving laws etc involving epilepsy. I'm from Australia, and we've got a few different laws depending on the type of seizure and level of control you have. But the longest period you have to be seizure free over here is 2 years, and you certainly don't need cat scans or anything! I've only been epileptic for 9 years, and in that time i've only had about 3 scans and that had nothing to do with my licence. All I have to do is fill out a yearly form to say i've been seizure free and get my GP to sign it, or in the event of a seizure, I just wait the required 3 months and then go and get the Doc to sign my form to say that i'm eligible to drive again.
I don't doubt that you guys have different laws (sorry i'm assuming that you are from the USA here), but it seems ridiculous to me that you would need scans and tests done every year in order to keep your licence!
Good luck with it all.
Hey Cutter,
I definently think you need to be doing some research about the driving laws etc involving epilepsy. I'm from Australia, and we've got a few different laws depending on the type of seizure and level of control you have. But the longest period you have to be seizure free over here is 2 years, and you certainly don't need cat scans or anything! I've only been epileptic for 9 years, and in that time i've only had about 3 scans and that had nothing to do with my licence. All I have to do is fill out a yearly form to say i've been seizure free and get my GP to sign it, or in the event of a seizure, I just wait the required 3 months and then go and get the Doc to sign my form to say that i'm eligible to drive again.
I don't doubt that you guys have different laws (sorry i'm assuming that you are from the USA here), but it seems ridiculous to me that you would need scans and tests done every year in order to keep your licence!
Good luck with it all.
Re: Doctors/ldrivers licences
Submitted by deets on Sun, 2013-04-07 - 13:19
i never had that problems with my doctors, all i had to show that i was seizure free for a year. some doctors are more worried about liability issues than others. you could also contact the motor vehicle branch to get their rules on what you need to get you licence. to me if you haven't had a seizure in 8 years you should have no pr
i never had that problems with my doctors, all i had to show that i was seizure free for a year. some doctors are more worried about liability issues than others. you could also contact the motor vehicle branch to get their rules on what you need to get you licence. to me if you haven't had a seizure in 8 years you should have no pr