C-24.2, r. 8 - Regulation respecting access to driving a road vehicle in connection with the health of drivers

Section 49 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

49. Where a period of less than 5 years has elapsed since the last seizure, epilepsy is essentially inconsistent with driving an articulated or non-articulated heavy vehicle, a bus, an emergency vehicle, a minibus or a taxi, unless the person

(1)  has had only partial simple seizures, somatosensory seizures or motor seizures involving one anatomical area having no impact on driving; the seizures are always of the same type and do not perturb the person’s state of consciousness, and a period of not less than 3 years has elapsed since the first seizure;

(2)  has had one or more seizures resulting from an interruption or change in the treatment for epilepsy prescribed by a physician while epilepsy was closely supervised, and the person had no seizure during the 5 preceding years if a period of not less than 6 months has elapsed since the last seizure resulting from the interruption or change in the treatment and treatment has resumed; or

(3)  has had one or more seizures in a brief period of time due to an intercurrent disease whose cause has been clearly established, which are unlikely to recur in a person who is usually closely supervised and closely follows the treatment, provided that the person had no seizure during the 5 preceding years and a period of not less than 6 months has elapsed since the last seizure.

O.C. 32-89, s. 49; O.C. 1312-2009, s. 16.