500-16 REFERRAL OF DRIVERS FOR REEXAMINATION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY

Question 1

To enhance transportation safety, classified employees shall submit a _____ form when appropriate.

Answer 1

Law Enforcement Medical Evaluation Request

Question 2

Any classified employee who comes into contact with the operator of a motor vehicle who has a medical or psychological condition that could prevent safe operation of a motor vehicle shall complete a _____ form.

This form is available from the _____.

A person with such a condition may have their Texas driver license revoked by the _____ upon a hearing of the Medical Advisory Board of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Answer 2

1) Law Enforcement Medical Evaluation Request
2) Vehicular Crimes Division (VCD)
3) Texas Department of Public Safety

Question 3

Pursuant to the Texas Transportation Code, the following persons may have their Texas driver license revoked:

a. Anyone who is a chemically dependent person who is likely to _____.
b. Anyone who is a chemically dependent person who will, if not treated, continue to _____
c. Anyone who has been determined by a judgment of a court to be _____to act as the operator of a motor vehicle.

Answer 3

a. Anyone who is a chemically dependent person who is likely to cause serious harm to himself or others.
b. Anyone who is a chemically dependent person who will, if not treated, continue to suffer abnormal mental, emotional, or physical distress, or to deteriorate in ability to function independently.
c. Anyone who has been determined by a judgment of a court to be totally incapacitated or incapacitated to act as the operator of a motor vehicle.

Question 4

Examples of motor vehicle operators who may have an unsafe medical or psychological condition include, but are not limited to, habitual abusers of alcohol or narcotics, epileptics, blind persons, and those who have been _____.

Classified employees shall not confiscate the Texas driver license of any such suspected driver solely because the driver may be subject to revocation for medical reasons. Only the _____ may revoke a license after investigation and review of the information supplied.

Answer 4

1) adjudged mentally incompetent and have not been restored to competency by a judicial decree or released from a hospital for the mentally incompetent
2) licensing authority

Question 5

The completed Law Enforcement Medical Evaluation Request form shall be reviewed by an ____.

VCD personnel will forward the form to the _____.

Answer 5

1) on-duty VCD supervisor

2) Texas Department of State Health Services