Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 112.10 - Conditions affecting neurological or neuromuscular function
(1) With respect to
conditions affecting neurological or neuromuscular 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) Brain injury.
(b) Cerebral palsy.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Muscular dystrophy.
(e) Myasthenia gravis.
(f) Neuralgia or neuritis.
(g) Parkinson's disease or other
extrapyramidal disorders or symptoms.
(h) Poliomyelitis.
(i) Seizure disorders.
(j) Spinal cord injury.
(2) The department may require information on
functional ability including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Episodes of altered consciousness or loss
of bodily control.
(b) Degree of
functional impairment, including the extent to which loss of muscle tone, range
of motion, spasm, or fatigue affects functional ability.
(3)
(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 neurological or neuromuscular 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 neuromuscular function criteria:
1. Any neurological or neuromuscular
condition is controlled.
2. The
person's driving is not impaired by weakness, numbness, or muscle spasm, or the
person adequately compensates for any paralysis or paresthesia while
driving.
3. The person is
knowledgeable about the neuromuscular or neurological condition.
4. There are no episodes of altered
consciousness or loss of bodily control caused by a neurological condition
unless one of the following apply:
a. There
has been a single, nonrecurring episode of altered consciousness or loss of
bodily control that occurred more than 2 years prior to the application, the
cause has been identified, and no treatment is required.
b. A seizure disorder has been diagnosed, but
the person has been episode-free for at least 5 years preceding application and
has not required treatment for at least 5 years preceding
application.
c. Narcolepsy has been
diagnosed as the cause of the episode, there have been no episodes of loss of
consciousness for the past 2 years and the person's physician or APNP indicates
treatment has been successful.
(bm)
Medical standards for commercial
driver licenses. A person who applies for, renews, or holds a
commercial driver license may not have been subject to any episodes of altered
consciousness or loss of bodily control caused by a neurological condition
unless one of the following apply:
1. There
has been a single, nonrecurring episode of altered consciousness or loss of
bodily control occurring at least 2 years preceding application, and the cause
of the episode has been identified and no treatment is required.
2. A seizure disorder has been diagnosed, but
the person has been episode-free for at least 5 years preceding
application.
(c)
Medical standards for all classes of operators licenses. A
person who applies for, renews, or holds for any classification of operator's
license shall meet all of the following neuromuscular function criteria:
1. The person may not have had an episode of
altered consciousness or loss of bodily control caused by a neurological
condition for the 3 month period preceding medical review by the department
under this chapter.
2. The person
adequately compensates for any paralysis or sensory deficit when operating a
vehicle.
3. Fatigue, weakness,
muscle spasm, pain or tremor at rest does not impair safe driving, as assessed
by a physician or APNP or determined through a driving evaluation.
4. There is no decline in cognition to an
extent that interferes with safe driving.
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