Medical advice - Use by director - Driver's duty to report certain injuries
N.D. Cent. Code § 39-06-07.2
in effect39-06-07.2. Medical advice - Use by director - Driver's duty to report certain injuries
1. The director is authorized to seek professional medical advice from a licensed medical
care provider and to use that advice in decisions made by the director in regard to the
issuance, renewal, suspension, revocation, or cancellation of an operator's license
under this chapter. The director may receive advice in any manner.
2. In addition to advice sought and received under subsection 1, the director may
consider information and advice received from an applicant's or motor vehicle
operator's licensed health care provider. Any examination and report requested by the
applicant, motor vehicle operator, or director under this chapter is at the expense of
the applicant or motor vehicle operator.
3. Any licensed health care provider does not incur any liability for any opinion,
recommendation, or advice provided to the director under subsection 1.
4. Advice and information received by the director under subsection 1 which relates to an
individual applicant or motor vehicle operator is for the confidential use of the director
in making decisions on the individual's qualifications as a driver, and the information
may not be divulged to any person or used in evidence in any trial or proceeding
except in matters concerning the individual's qualifications to receive or retain an
operator's license.
5. In addition to other sources of information, general advice and information received by
the director under this section may be used by the director in the adoption of
administrative rules concerning medical criteria for driver licensing.
6. Before operating any motor vehicle the holder of an operator's license issued under
this chapter who has suffered permanent loss of use of a hand, arm, foot, leg, or eye
shall report the loss of use to the director who shall take reasonable action as may be
proper under this chapter as to re-examination of the licensee to determine if the
licensee is capable of operating vehicles for which the licensee is licensed.
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