2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Policies and Procedures4.1 OverviewThe flowcharts on the following two pages highlight the four key activitiesof the Driver Fitness Program: Screening, Assessment, Determination andReconsideration.Screening identifies individuals who have a known or possible medicalcondition that may impair their functional ability to drive, commercialdrivers and aging drivers. Screening policies are documented in Chapter 5of 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 anindividual’s general practitioner and 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.Determination involves reviewing:the information obtained from assessmentsany other relevant file information, such as driving history, andthe medical condition guidelines outlined in Part 3 of this Manualand determining whether an individual is fit to drive. Policies andprocedures that govern the determination process are outlined in Chapter 7of this Manual.Reconsideration is the process of reviewing a driver fitness determinationupon request of an individual who was found not fit to drive, or who hadrestrictions or conditions imposed. Policies and procedures that governthe reconsideration process are outlined in Chapter 8 of this Manual.27