Medical conditions and DVLA

Question 1

How long is a person excluded from driving if they have their first unprovoked seizure?

Answer 1

6m for car

Question 2

How long is a person excluded from driving if they have their first unprovoked seizure if they drive a bus/HGV?

Answer 2

5y

Question 3

How long musta person not drive if they have a stroke?

Answer 3

1m, no need to inform DVLA if no deficit

Question 4

How long must a person who has epilepsy wait until since their last seizure to drive a car?

Answer 4

1 year

Question 5

How long must a person who has epilepsy wait until since their last seizure to drive a bus/HGV?

Answer 5

10 years

Question 6

What is minimum eye sight requirement?

Answer 6

Number plate at 20m
6/12 in one or both eyes
minimum of 120* of vision

Question 7

If a person has diplopia, what should they do concerning driving?

Answer 7

STOP and inform DVLA

Question 8

If a person has monocular vision what should they do concerning driving?

Answer 8

STOP and inform DVLA

Question 9

What should a person do if the have cataracts concerning the DVLA?

Answer 9

OK to drive, no need to inform DVLA

Question 10

A person has a homonymous hemianopia, what should they do concerning driving?

Answer 10

Must notify DVLA

Question 11

What should be advised if a person has a dementia and wishes to continue driving?

Answer 11

Must notify DVLA

Question 12

Can people with psychiatric disorders (mania, severe depression affecting concentration, acute psychosis, schizophrenia) drive?

Answer 12

No, inform DVLA