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

Section 50 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

50. Where a period of less than 12 months has elapsed since the last seizure, epilepsy is essentially inconsistent with driving a private vehicle, unless the person

(1)  has seizures occurring only during sleep or within a short time after waking up and where a period of not less than 12 months has elapsed since the first seizure,

(2)  has had only focal seizures, but no partial complex and partial simple seizures with adverse symptoms, limited to one anatomical area, without perturbing the person’s state of consciousness and where a period of not less than 12 months has elapsed since the first seizure,

(3)  has had one or more seizures resulting from an interruption or change in the treatment for epilepsy prescribed by a physician, where a period of not less than 3 months has elapsed since the last seizure and treatment has resumed, or

(4)  has had one or more seizures in a brief period of time, due to exceptional circumstances or 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 his treatment, and where a period of not less than 3 months has elapsed since the last seizure.

O.C. 32-89, s. 50; O.C. 169-93, s. 8; O.C. 1312-2009, s. 17.