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  • charlie12

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    I know a woman that had a seizure last week and was transported to the ERl. I had a friend that had a seizure about 10 years ago on vacation in Arkansas and was taken to the ER.
    The state of La. took her DL for 1 year so no driving for a year.
    My question is how is the state notified that a person has had a seizure and the process for the DL to be pulled? Is it the hospital that reports it or who and does everyone that goes to the ER with a seizure get the DL pulled for a year?
     

    oldman45

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    As in the case with my mother, I reported her to the DMV. She was made to get medical approval to drive afterward and she failed to get her license back again.
     

    Barry J

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    There is a form supplied to the police departments that is filled out and sent to the DMV. The DMV then calls the person in and makes them prove that they are safe to drive. Anybody can go to DMV and fill out the form. Don't think the hospital will do it, patient-doctor privilege.
     

    wcweir3

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    My wife had 3 seizures about 3 years ago and was transported to St Elisabeth twice and once to Lady of the Lake and no one reported her, but she didn't drive until for a year. That was because we wanted to make sure if she was involved in a wreck it would not bit us in the a**
     

    pyreaux

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    A relative of mine had several, the first due to the suspected causes did not result in the doctor recommending taking his license. After a second quite a while later it was either taken or the doctor requested he not drive for ~6 month with a doctor's evaluation to get back to driving. Seems like the docs have some discretion depending on the suspected cause. In this case he did not fight it so I'm not sure if it was actually taken/suspended.
     

    sandman7925

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    People with narcolepsy can drive. Whether by choice or law most drive manual transmissions I think.


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    gunz4me

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    My first wife, may she RIP, was so pissed when she started having seizures in 2005 because of the law that required her to lose her license until she was seizure free for a period of one year. Little did we know at the time that she would never drive again.

    OTOH, I heard my half-brother allegedly suffers from seizures and the last time he spoke to me, he told me he was studying for his CDL. :confused: I was told that he was never medically treated for them, and knowing him, it may have been a lie. Long story short, he asked me to help him get a welding job and failed a drug test after swearing up and down that he was clean. After that fiasco, he told me that he smoked pot to control his seizures and I told him I was done trying to help him get a job! We haven't spoken much since then.
     

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