• You must be seizure free for six months.
• Doctors are required to report epilepsy.
• Your physician will be required to complete a medical report stating that your seizures are controlled and send that report to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
• The department may waive the seizure-free requirement upon request by the person's physician in the following situations:
• You have a strictly nocturnal pattern of seizures or a pattern of seizures occurring immediately upon awakening that has been established for at least 2 years immediately preceding your application.
• You experience a specific prolonged aura accompanied by a sufficient warning and this pattern has been established over a period of at least 2 years immediately preceding your application or suspension.
• Your seizures had previously been controlled and the subsequent seizure or seizures occurred as a result of a prescribed change or removal from medication while under the supervision of a licensed physician.
• Your seizures had been previously controlled for 6 or more months and the subsequent seizure occurred during or concurrent with a nonrecurring transient illness, toxic ingestion, and metabolic imbalance or nonrecurring trauma.
• Motor Vehicle Commission: 800-932-4600
• Medical Review Unit: 717-787-9662
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lorna Myers, Ph.D.
212-661-7460, option 5
lmyers@epilepsygroup.com
