Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-1 - Driver Licenses › Section 4501:1-1-18 - Disclosure of medical information by applicant

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall
			 include as part of the application for the original operator's license, or a
			 renewal thereof, questions as to the existence of a physical or mental
			 condition that may impair the ability of the applicant to operate a motor
			 vehicle safely. Such questions shall be answered under oath by the applicant.
			 If the answer to any such question indicates the existence of any such physical
			 or mental condition, then the registrar may require an examination of the
			 applicant by a licensed physician as a prerequisite to the issuance of an
			 operator's license. Any expense occasioned by such examination shall be borne
			 by the applicant.
(B) When in the
			 course of a routine driver license examination the driver license examiner has
			 reason to believe that the applicant has a physical or mental condition which
			 may impair the ability of the applicant to operate a motor vehicle safely, the
			 applicant shall be instructed by the bureau of motor vehicles to obtain a
			 signed medical report "REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF PHYSICIAN" "BMV2310"
			 
								(August 2021), available via the Ohio bureau of motor
			 vehicles' website at
http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/bmv_forms.stm
from a licensed physician. The medical report shall be returned to the bureau
			 within twenty days of the date of such physical or mental examination for
			 evaluation by the bureau. No license shall be issued to such applicant prior to
			 a favorable evaluation of the medical report by the bureau or driver
			 examination station.
(C) Any person
			 who is an alcoholic, or is addicted to the use of controlled substances to the
			 extent that the use constitutes an impairment to the person's ability to
			 operate a motor vehicle with the required degree of safety, as defined in rule
			 4501:1-1-16
			 of the Administrative Code, shall not retain a temporary instruction permit or
			 operator's license pursuant to section
			 4507.08
			 of the Revised Code.
Driving privileges shall not be restored until the registrar
				receives information, contained in a "ALCOHOL/DRUG REINSTATEMENT", form
				"BMV2326" (August, 2012) available via the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles',
				website at
http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/bmv_forms.stm
and signed by a physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised
				Code; a psychologist licensed pursuant to Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code; a
				counselor, social worker or marriage and family therapist, licensed pursuant to
				Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code; a parole officer, a probation officer
				appointed pursuant to section
				1901.33 of the
				Revised Code; or a chemical dependency counselor, licensed pursuant to Chapter
				4758. of the Revised Code, stating that the person has successfully completed a
				treatment or rehabilitation program and has maintained a continuous six-month
				period of sobriety from alcohol and/or freedom from addiction of any controlled
				substance from the date of completion of the program.
(D) Upon receipt of the form containing
			 satisfactory information as designated in paragraph (C) of this rule, the
			 registrar shall restore driving privileges subject to all other requirements by
			 law.
If an individual receives a subsequent conviction within one
				year of restoration of driving privileges previously suspended under paragraph
				(C) of this rule or division (A) of section
				4511.19
				of the Revised Code or of a substantially similar municipal ordinance or of a
				statute of another state or of the United States, the previous suspension shall
				be reimposed.