UnderstandingtheDMVMedicalReview-VirginiaGrandDriver.ppt

Medical Review of Drivers Medical Review To ensure the safety of motorists on Virginias highways, drivers must meet certain requirements including vision, medical and mental standards.  Overall medical review requirements are based on the Code of Virginia as well as guidance from DMV’s Medical Advisory Board. Medical Advisory Board The seven members are appointed by the Governor licensed physicians currently practicing in Virginia DMV’s Goal To allow people to drive as long as they can drive safely. Reviewing Drivers DMV is concerned about drivers with impairments in: Level of consciousness Vision Judgment Motor skills Reviewing Drivers Each case evaluated on its own merits. Reviewing Drivers DMV identifies drivers for review by Driver’s license applications Reports of impaired drivers Driver’s License Application Medical questions on the DMV application include: Vision conditions Physical and/or mental condition that requires medication Seizure, blackout or loss of consciousness Condition that requires the use of special equipment to drive Reports of Impaired Drivers DMV receives reports from: Law enforcement Physicians Courts DMV representatives Relatives Concerned citizens Reports of Impaired Drivers Statutes that encourage reporting of impaired drivers: Virginia Code § 46.2-322 Virginia Code § 54.1-2966.1 Reports of Impaired Drivers HIPAA Regulations section 164.512 (j) Standard: for uses and disclosures to avert a serious threat to health or safety. It states… permitted disclosures, that a covered entity may, consistent with applicable law and standards of ethical conduct, use or disclose protected health information, if the covered entity, in good faith, believes the use or disclosure: Reports of Impaired Drivers HIPAA Regulations section 164.512 (j) Is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public, and Is to a person or persons reasonably able to prevent or lessen the threat, including the