GUIDE FOR PHYSICIANS IN DETERMINING FITNESS TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE

This guide has been prepared by The Canadian Medical Association to help physicians determine the ability of their patients to drive a motor vehicle safely and to complete a Driver's Medical Examination Report. The recommendations in this guide are based on recommendations made in similar guides produced in the United States, Britain and some Canadian provinces, modified through consultation with a number of specialty sections. There is as yet little scientific evidence that can be used to assess the degree of impairment to driving that results from any specific medical disability. These standards, although mainly empirical in nature, represent collected expert medical opinions and are intended to impose only common sense restrictions on drivers with medical defects.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Medical Association

  1867 Alta Vista Drive, P.O. Box 8650
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1G 0G8
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diseases and medical conditions; Guidelines; Impaired drivers; Physicians
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver impairment
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 371
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM