2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

20.8 Private and commercial drivers who have a cerebral aneurysm that requiresrepair .............................................................................................................................. 24820.9 Private drivers who have had surgery to repair a cerebral aneurysm................ 24920.10 Commercial drivers who have had surgery to repair a cerebral aneurysm....... 251Chapter 21: Vision Impairment ............................................................................................... 252BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 25221.1 About vision impairment ............................................................................................ 25221.2 Prevalence and incidence of vision impairments .................................................... 25921.3 Prevalence and incidence of medical conditions causing vision impairments.... 26021.4 Prevalence and incidence of vision impairments resulting from medicaltreatments...................................................................................................................... 26121.5 Vision impairments and adverse driving outcomes................................................ 26121.6 Effect of vision impairments on functional ability to drive ................................... 26321.7 Compensation ............................................................................................................... 264GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................. 26621.8 Private drivers with impaired visual acuity............................................................. 26621.9 Commercial drivers with impaired visual acuity.................................................... 26821.10 Private drivers with visual field loss ......................................................................... 27021.11 Commercial drivers with visual field loss ................................................................ 27221.12 Private drivers with a loss of stereoscopic depth perception or monocularity . 27421.13 Commercial drivers with a loss of stereoscopic depth perception or monocularity......................................................................................................................................... 27521.14 Private and commercial drivers with diplopia ........................................................ 27621.15 Private and commercial drivers with impaired colour vision .............................. 27721.16 Snellen chart and standard ratings of visual acuity ............................................... 27821.17 Visual field impairments ............................................................................................. 27921.18 Examination of visual functions form (EVF) .......................................................... 28121.19 Visual field test form (VFT) ....................................................................................... 28421.20 Recommended procedures for testing visual functions ......................................... 286Chapter 22: Syncope .................................................................................................................. 288BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 28822.1 About syncope............................................................................................................... 28822.2 Prevalence and incidence of syncope ........................................................................ 28922.3 Syncope and adverse driving outcomes .................................................................... 28922.4 Effect of syncope on functional ability to drive ....................................................... 28922.5 Compensation ............................................................................................................... 290GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................. 29022.6 Policy rationale ............................................................................................................. 29022.7 Private drivers who have had a single episode of syncope .................................... 29122.8 Private drivers with syncope with a treated or reversible cause .......................... 29222.9 Private drivers with recurrent typical vasovagal syncope or situational syncope......................................................................................................................................... 29322.10 Private drivers with recurrent atypical vasovagal syncope or unexplainedsyncope ........................................................................................................................... 29422.11 Commercial drivers who have had a single episode of typical vasovagal syncope......................................................................................................................................... 295x