DVLA "at a glance" fitness to drive - Heart Rhythm UK
DVLA "at a glance" fitness to drive - Heart Rhythm UK
DVLA "at a glance" fitness to drive - Heart Rhythm UK
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-The applicant or licence holder must notify <strong>DVLA</strong> unless st<strong>at</strong>ed otherwise in the text<br />
Revised September2 008<br />
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS<br />
INTRACRANIAL HAEMATOMA<br />
EXTRADURAL – requiring<br />
cranio<strong>to</strong>my but NO cerebral damage<br />
GROUP 1 ENTITLEMENT<br />
ODL - CAR, M/CYCLE<br />
At least 6 months off driving<br />
GROUP 2 ENTITLEMENT<br />
VOC – LGV/PCV<br />
Refusal or revoc<strong>at</strong>ion. Return <strong>to</strong><br />
driving will depend on specialist<br />
assessment (risk of seizure must have<br />
fallen <strong>to</strong> no gre<strong>at</strong>er than 2% per annum)<br />
with no debarring residual impairment<br />
likely <strong>to</strong> affect safe driving.<br />
EXTRADURAL – requiring<br />
cranio<strong>to</strong>my and WITH cerebral<br />
damage.<br />
At least 1 year off driving<br />
As Above<br />
ACUTE SUBDURAL<br />
- burr holes<br />
- cranio<strong>to</strong>my<br />
CHRONIC SUBDURAL<br />
(tre<strong>at</strong>ed surgically)<br />
ACUTE INTRA CEREBRAL<br />
- burr holes<br />
- cranio<strong>to</strong>my<br />
SUBARACHNOID<br />
HAEMORRHAGE<br />
(see also intracranial haem<strong>at</strong>oma)<br />
1. NO CAUSE FOUND<br />
At least 6 months off driving.<br />
At least 1 year off driving.<br />
Resume driving on recovery.<br />
At least 6 months off driving.<br />
At least 1 year off driving.<br />
Provided comprehensive cerebral<br />
angiography normal, may resume<br />
driving following recovery. Till 70<br />
licence.<br />
Refusal or revoc<strong>at</strong>ion. Return <strong>to</strong><br />
driving will depend on specialist<br />
assessment (risk of seizure must have<br />
fallen <strong>to</strong> no gre<strong>at</strong>er than 2% per annum)<br />
with no debarring residual impairment<br />
likely <strong>to</strong> affect safe driving.<br />
6 months – 1 year off driving,<br />
depending on fe<strong>at</strong>ures.<br />
Refusal or revoc<strong>at</strong>ion. Return <strong>to</strong><br />
driving will depend on specialist<br />
assessment (risk of seizure must have<br />
fallen <strong>to</strong> no gre<strong>at</strong>er than 2% per annum)<br />
with no debarring residual impairment<br />
likely <strong>to</strong> affect safe driving.<br />
Provided comprehensive cerebral<br />
angiography normal, <strong>at</strong> least 6 months<br />
off driving and may regain licence if no<br />
debarring residual impairment likely <strong>to</strong><br />
affect safe driving.<br />
2. DUE TO INTRACRANIAL<br />
ANEURYSM<br />
(a)<br />
SURGERY CRANIOTOMY<br />
Anterior or posterior cerebral<br />
aneurysm<br />
With NO deficit<br />
Driving permitted when clinically<br />
recovered from cranio<strong>to</strong>my<br />
At least 1 year off driving<br />
With deficit<br />
At least 6 months off driving. Till<br />
70 licence res<strong>to</strong>red if no<br />
complic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
See Appendix <strong>at</strong> end of this Chapter<br />
12<br />
Refusal or revoc<strong>at</strong>ion. Specialist<br />
assessment <strong>to</strong> determine when driving<br />
may start: risk of seizure must have<br />
fallen <strong>to</strong> no gre<strong>at</strong>er than 2% per annum<br />
with no debarring residual impairment<br />
likely <strong>to</strong> affect safe driving.
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