New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter A - DRIVER LICENSING AND TRAINING
Part 9 - Driver License Qualifications After Loss Of Consciousness
Section 9.5 - Submission of physician's, physician assistant's or nurse practitioner's statements as a condition for licensing
The commissioner may require the submission of physicians', physician assistants', or nurse practitioners' statements on a scheduled basis as a condition of licensing in those cases in which a person has experienced loss of consciousness, but meets standards of fitness as set forth in this Part, and the physician's, physician assistant's or nurse practitioner's statement indicates that medication is being taken to meet such standards and, in the opinion of either the submitting physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner or the medical consultant to the commissioner, the submission of such scheduled physician's, physician assistant's or nurse practitioner's statements is considered necessary or desirable. However, this requirement shall not be applicable in any case where an individual has been seizure free without medication for a minimum period of one year and submits a physician's, physician assistant's or nurse practitioner's statement.
