Bill Text: CT HB05460 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Allowing Persons With Medical Conditions Controlled With Medication To Obtain Certain Motor Vehicle Operator's Licenses.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-28 - Public Hearing 03/05 [HB05460 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05460-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5460
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1884
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)

AN ACT ALLOWING PERSONS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATION TO OBTAIN CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-44 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(b) No operator's license bearing an endorsement shall be issued or renewed in accordance with the provisions of this section or section 14-36a, until the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the commissioner's authorized representative, is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive such an operator's license bearing an endorsement, holds a valid motor vehicle operator's license, or, if necessary for the class of vehicle operated, a commercial driver's license and is at least eighteen years of age. Each applicant for an operator's license bearing an endorsement or the renewal of such a license shall furnish the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the commissioner's authorized representative, with satisfactory evidence, under oath, to prove that such person has no criminal record and has not been convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-227a within five years of the date of application and that no reason exists for a refusal to grant or renew such an operator's license bearing an endorsement. Each applicant for such an operator's license bearing an endorsement shall submit with the application proof satisfactory to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles that such applicant has passed a physical examination administered not more than ninety days prior to the date of application, and which is in compliance with safety regulations established from time to time by the United States Department of Transportation. Each applicant for renewal of such license shall present evidence that such applicant is in compliance with the medical qualifications established in 49 CFR 391, as amended, provided an applicant for a Class D operator's license bearing an endorsement described in subsection (c) of section 14-36a shall be deemed medically qualified if such applicant controls with medication, as certified by a licensed physician, a medical condition that would otherwise deem such applicant not medically qualified. Each applicant for such an operator's license bearing an endorsement shall be fingerprinted before the license bearing an endorsement is issued.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	14-44(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To allow persons with medical conditions controlled by medication to obtain motor vehicle operator's licenses with public passenger transportation endorsements.

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