PennDot Driver’s License Medical Withdrawal
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PennDot Driver’s License Medical Withdrawal

In Pennsylvania, when a person is examined by a doctor and diagnosed with a condition or disability that renders them “incompetent” to operate a motor vehicle, that doctor must notify PennDot within ten (10) days of the examination. Common elements that make a person “incompetent” to operate a motor vehicle in Pennsylvania are: seizures, poor eyesight, and drug or alcohol addiction. When PennDot receives that notice from the doctor, it sends a notice to the driver informing him that his driver’s license is being “revoked” due to his condition. In the simplest terms, they are telling him that they think he is too sick or disabled to drive a car, so they won’t let him. Now what to do?

Once a driver receives the recall notice, they have thirty (30) days to appeal PennDot’s decision. Here’s a problem: The driver cannot keep their license pending appeal unless they submit and pass a PennDot medical exam (and who wants to do that?) or submit competent independent medical evidence, usually from a doctor. of his own choosing, who can convince a judge that the driver is not dangerous enough to not let the driver keep his license until the appeal is heard. This in itself may require some pretty fancy footwork on the part of the attorney which the driver has hopefully kept in order to keep his license. Which begs the question, “What does the attorney do for the client in a case like this”?

First, the attorney must ensure that the client can keep their license pending appeal as discussed above. Next, the attorney must prevent PennDot from taking it. This problem very often falls into the lap of a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. This is because, at some point, the driver will have a court hearing as to whether this alleged real medical condition disqualifies the customer from driving safely. Here, the Pa. medical license removal attorney’s job is to: examine PennDot’s medical evidence AND present the client’s own evidence, from his own expert medical professional, and persuade the judge that Penndot has not carried his burden. to prove that the client suffers from a medical condition that renders them “incompetent” to operate an automobile. If the attorney is successful, he has earned his money and the client goes home with his driver’s license. Good material.

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