2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

for the exercise of discretion by OSMV staff responsible for driver fitnessdeterminations.2.2 Driver Fitness Program overviewThe Driver Fitness Program assesses about 120,000 drivers annually. Inan average year, 3,400 drivers have their driving privileges cancelled ordenied for fitness reasons and 2,500 have their driving privileges restrictedor reduced.The flowcharts following this section of text highlight the four keyactivities of the Driver Fitness Program: Screening, Assessment,Determination and Reconsideration.Screening identifies:individuals who have a known or possible medical condition that mayimpair their functional ability to drivecommercial drivers, andaging drivers.Screening policies are documented in Chapter 5 of this Manual.Assessment is the process of collecting information required to make adriver fitness determination. The key assessment used for driver fitnessdeterminations is a driver’s medical examination completed by a physician– usually a driver’s general practitioner or specialist. Information gatheredduring the medical examination is documented on the Driver MedicalExamination Report (DMER). A variety of other assessments may also berequired, such as specialist examinations or road tests. Assessmentpolicies and procedures are documented in Chapter 6 of this Manual.7