2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

8.2.3 If an individual submits new information indicating a change intheir medical condition, or in their functional ability to drive, acase manager or adjudicator will make a new driver fitnessdetermination, based on new assessments, rather thanreconsidering the previous determination.8.2.4 At the conclusion of a reconsideration, the adjudicator or casemanager will either confirm the original driver fitnessdetermination or substitute a new determination.8.2.5 The adjudicator or case manager will provide the individual with aletter that describes the reconsideration decision and the reasonsfor the decision.Policy rationaleIn accordance with the principles of administrative fairness, OSMV giveindividuals an opportunity to dispute the results of a driver fitnessdetermination through its internal reconsideration process and provideswritten reasons with the results of the reconsideration.In certain circumstances, a new driver fitness determination, rather than areconsideration, is the more appropriate response to a request for review.Reconsiderations are an opportunity to review whether the correctdetermination was made given an individual’s medical condition orfunctional ability at the time the determination was made. If an individualsubmits new information reflecting a change in the individual’s medicalcondition or functional ability, a case manager or adjudicator will make anew driver fitness determination, based on this new information and anyadditional assessments that the case manager or adjudicator decides torequest. Similarly, if an individual requests a review of a determinationthat is based upon assessments that are more than one year old, a casemanager or adjudicator will make a new determination, rather thanreconsidering the previous determination. This is because the previousassessments upon which the determination was based may no longerreflect the individual’s current medical condition or functional ability.76