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Trans 112.12Conditions affecting psychosocial, mental or emotional function.
(1)With respect to conditions affecting psychosocial, mental or emotional function, the review boards when making recommendations, and the department when taking licensing action, may consider disorders including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Personality disorders.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Delusional disorders.
(e) Dementia and organic brain syndrome.
(f) Other mood disorders.
(2)The department may require information on functional ability including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Impaired impulse control.
(b) Reality testing and orientation.
(c) Impaired affect or mood.
(d) Asocial, anti-social or dissocial behaviors.
(e) Impulse control.
(f) Suicidal risk.
(g) Cognitive impairment.
(h) Treatment program, including medications and compliance.
(a) Licensing standards. No license or endorsement may be issued to, renewed by, or held by a person who does not meet the medical review standards for conditions affecting psychosocial, mental and emotional function of this subsection.
(b) Medical standards for school bus and passenger endorsements. A person who applies for, renews, or holds a school bus or passenger endorsement shall meet all of the following mental and emotional function criteria:
1. The person is oriented to time, date, person and place.
2. There is no behavior disorder that interferes with safe driving, as assessed by a physician or APNP.
3. There are, at the time of the application for or renewal or holding of the endorsement, no destructive behaviors or suicidal tendencies.
(c) Medical standards for all classes of operators licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds any classification of operator’s license shall meet all of the following mental and emotional function criteria:
1. There is no dementia that is unresponsive to treatment.
2. There is no behavior disorder with threatening or assaultive behavior at the time of application.
3. Any delusional system does not interfere with safe driving, as assessed by a physician or APNP.
4. There is no impairment of judgment that interferes with safe driving as assessed by a physician or APNP.
5. There is no active psychosis that interferes with safe driving, as assessed by a physician or APNP.
History: Cr. Register, April, 1991, No. 424, eff. 5-1-91; am. (1) (c), (e), r. (3) (b) 2. to 4., renum. (3) (b) 4., 6. to be (3) (b) 2., 3. and am. 2., (c) 5., 6. to be (c) 4., 5., r. (3) (c) 4., 7., Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96; CR 04-117: am. (3) (b) 3. Register April 2005 No. 592, eff. 5-1-05; CR 06-099: am. (3) (b) 2. and (c) 3. to 5., Register June 2007 No. 618, eff. 7-1-07.
Trans 112.13Conditions affecting respiratory function.
(1)With respect to conditions affecting respiratory function, the review boards when making recommendations, and the department when taking licensing action, may consider disorders including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
(c) Emphysema.
(d) Bronchitis.
(e) Tuberculosis.
(f) Silicosis.
(g) Pulmonary emboli.
(h) Pulmonary hypertension.
(i) Pulmonary tumors.
(2)The department may require information on functional ability including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Incapacitating cough.
(b) Shortness of breath.
(c) Dyspnea.
(d) Inadequate ventilation.
(e) Fatigue.
(f) Right ventricular enlargement.
(g) Acute respiratory failure.
(h) Hypoxemia or hypercapnia.
(i) Need for medication or oxygen therapy.
(j) Pulmonary function tests.
(a) Licensing standards. No license or endorsement may be issued to, renewed by, or held by a person who does not meet the medical review standards for conditions affecting respiratory function of this subsection.
(b) Medical standards for school bus and passenger endorsements. A person who applies for, renews, or holds school bus or passenger endorsement shall meet all of the following respiratory function criteria:
1. Pulmonary disease is healed or inactive.
2. Values obtained from pulmonary function tests for forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second are not less than 65% of normal values.
3. There is no required oxygen use.
4. Medications improve breathing but do not interfere with safe driving.
5. There is no diagnosis of sleep apnea unless the physician or APNP indicates treatment has been successful and the condition will not impair ability to safely operate a commercial vehicle.
(c) Medical standards for all classes of operators licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds any classification of operator’s license shall meet all of the following respiratory function criteria:
1. The person does not require medication or treatment that interferes with safe driving.
2. There is no dyspnea that interferes with safe driving, as assessed by a physician or APNP or determined through a driving evaluation.
History: Cr. Register, April, 1991, No. 424, eff. 5-1-91; r. (3) (b) 3., 6., 7., renum. (3) (b) 4., 5. to be (3) (b) 3., 4. and am. 4., cr. (3) (b) 5., am. (3) (c) 1, Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96; CR 06-099: am. (3) (b) 5. and (c) 2., Register June 2007 No. 618, eff. 7-1-07.
Trans 112.14Conditions affecting sensory function.
(1)With respect to conditions affecting sensory function, the review boards when making recommendations, and the department when taking licensing action, may consider conditions including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Macular degeneration.
(c) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(d) Diabetic retinopathy.
(e) Glaucoma.
(f) Deafness.
(2)The department may require information on functional ability including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Visual acuity.
(b) Field of vision.
(c) Hearing.
(a) Licensing standards. No endorsement or license may be issued to, renewed by, or held by a person who does not meet the medical review standards for conditions affecting sensory functions of this subsection.
(b) Corrective lenses. A person needing corrective lenses to meet the standards in this section shall be restricted to use of those lenses while driving. No person may use a bioptic telescopic or similar lens in order to meet the visual acuity standards of this subsection if the lens reduces the field of vision below the standards in this subsection.
(c) Medical standards for school bus and passenger endorsements. A person who applies for, renews, or holds a school bus or passenger endorsement shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. Visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each eye, corrected or uncorrected.
2. A horizontal, temporal field of vision of 70° or more from center in each eye.
3. The ability to distinguish traffic signal colors of red, green and amber.
4. Either of the following:
a. The ability to hear with or without a hearing aid the instructions given in normal conversational tones during the course of the screening test for vision and the driving examination.
b. No hearing loss greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz, with or without a hearing aid, based on a test by an audiometric device.
(d) Medical standards for commercial driver licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds a commercial driver license shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. Visual acuity of at least 20/60 or better in at least one eye as assessed by a vision specialist.
2. A horizontal, temporal field of vision of 70° or more from center in at least one eye.
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