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Developing Relationships with State Licensing Agencies: Driver Rehabilitation for Medically at Risk Drivers


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This is a .5 hour course. State requirements for driving and the regulations for reporting of medical conditions are unique to each state. This seminar will familiarize you with methods to determine a state’s medical reporting regulations, and ways to contact your state’s medical review team. This seminar will also familiarize the participant with Medical Guidelines developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In addition, participants will be able to identify key components for required medical documentation and ways to be supportive of the licensing agencies in determining medical fitness for driving, with an emphasis on older drivers.

 

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this presentation:

  • The attendee will be able to identify strategies to learn the licensing standards for drivers with medical conditions for their state.
  • The attendee will be to identify specific criterion that these organizations consider to be a consensus of practices/standards across all states.
  • The attendee will be able to identify statistics related to fatalities and the older or medically-at-risk driver population (fact sheet from NHTSA)
  • The attendee will be able to identify methods to advocate for the older/medically-at-risk driver population, recognizing the shared commitment between the state driver licensing agencies and the driver rehabilitation profession to address this issue.

Carol Wheatley

OTR/L, CDRS

Carol Wheatley is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Carol completed a BS in Occupational Therapy for Virginia Commonwealth University, and earned an MS in Education from Johns Hopkins University. She has been providing driver rehabilitation services for nearly 20 years. She has co-authored a textbook chapter and several journal articles on the topic of driving assessments and training. She has presented at numerous local and national driver safety forums on the value of driver rehabilitation, including the regional AAMVA conference on the topic of coordination between driver rehabilitation practitioners and state driver licensing agencies. 

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