Neuro

Question 1

metabolic seizure waiting period and max cert

Answer 1

No recommended waiting time frame
Max cert: 2 years

u should not certify the driver until etiology is confirmed and treatment has been shown to be
adequate/effective, safe, and stable.

Question 2

Vertigo waiting period / max cert

Answer 2

Minimum — 2 months asymptomatic with diagnosis of:
• Benign positional vertigo.
• Acute and chronic peripheral vestibulopathy.

max cert 2 years

Question 3

Febrile seizure waiting period/ max cert

Answer 3

Waiting Period
No recommended time frame

Maximum certification — 2 years

Question 4

TIA waiting period and max cert

Answer 4

Waiting Period
Minimum — 1 year if not at risk for seizures (cerebellum or brainstem vascular lesions)
Minimum — 5 years if at risk for seizures (cortical or subcortical deficits)

Maximum certification — 1 year

Question 5

TIA pt on anticoag, cert or no?

Answer 5

Recommend not to certify if: Uses oral anticoagulant therapy because of the risks associated with excessive bleeding

Question 6

Can Meniere’s disease certify?

Answer 6

No =(

Vertigo and Dizziness
Recommend not to certify if:
The driver has a diagnosis of:
•	 Benign positional vertigo and has been symptomatic within the past 2 months.
•	 Acute and chronic peripheral vestibulopathy and has been symptomatic within the past 2 months.
•	 Meniere's disease.
•	 Labyrinthine fistula.
•	 Nonfunctioning labyrinths.

Question 7

If there are no extenuating circumstances, such as impaired vision or cognitive function, a driver with a history of migraines may be certified for a maximum of _____________.

Answer 7

two years

Question 8

If a driver has had a single unprovoked seizure, what is the mandatory waiting period before the driver can be certified?

Answer 8

Following a single, unprovoked seizure, a driver must be off anticonvulsant medication and seizure-free for five years. Two or more seizures indicates a history of seizures and requires a ten-year waiting period of being off anticonvulsant medications and seizure-free.

Question 9

Drivers who have benign central nervous system tumors may be certified following ___________

Answer 9

successful surgical treatment.

waiting period- 1-2 years

Recommend not to certify if:
The driver has:
• Not completed appropriate waiting period.
• Primary or metastatic malignant tumors of the nervous system.
• remaining Benign nervous system tumors.

Question 10

A driver who has had an embolic or thrombotic stroke and is not at risk for seizures can be certified following a minimum of _______________ waiting period.

Answer 10

one-year waiting period