2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

23.8 Private and commercial drivers with provoked seizures with no structuralbrain abnormalityApplicationAssessment guidelinesFitness guidelinesOSMV determinationguidelinesConditionsRestrictionsRe-assessmentguidelinesThese guidelines apply to driver fitness determinations for private andcommercial drivers who have experienced provoked seizures causedby: a toxic illness adverse drug reactiona trauma, orother cause that is not associated with a structural brainabnormality.If further information is required, OSMV will request: a Driver’s Medical Examination Report additional information from the treating physician, or a neurological assessment. The neurological assessment may beconducted by the treating physician, if the physician has treated thepatient for two years or more. However, if a neurologicalassessment by the treating physician does not provide the requiredinformation, OSMV may request an assessment from a neurologist.Individuals may drive if: they have undergone a neurological assessment to determine thecause of the seizure, and epilepsy is not diagnosed the provoking factor has stabilized, resolved, or been corrected,with or without treatment, and the treating physician indicates that further seizures are unlikely.OSMV may find individuals fit to drive if: they have undergone a neurological assessment to determine thecause of the seizure, and epilepsy is not diagnosed the provoking factor has stabilized, resolved, or been corrected,with or without treatment, and the treating physician indicates that further seizures are unlikely.No conditions are required.No restrictions are required.No re-assessment, other than routine commercial or age-related reassessment,is required.305