Bill Text: FL S0308 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Disorders/Ability to Operate a Motor Vehicle [SPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S0308 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S0308-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2010 CS for SB 308 By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senator Wise 588-01389-10 2010308c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to disorders affecting a person’s 3 ability to operate a motor vehicle; amending s. 4 322.126, F.S.; requiring a physician or a person 5 having knowledge of a licensed driver’s or applicant’s 6 mental or physical disability to drive or need to wear 7 a medical identification bracelet to report such 8 knowledge to the Department of Highway Safety and 9 Motor Vehicles; providing that a physician or a person 10 who reports a licensed driver’s or applicant’s mental 11 or physical disability to drive or need to wear a 12 medical identification bracelet is not 13 administratively, civilly, or criminally liable for 14 making such report; providing an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1. Section 322.126, Florida Statutes, is amended to 19 read: 20 322.126 Report of disability to department; content; use.— 21 (1) For the purpose of the reports authorized by this 22 section, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 23 assisted by the Medical Advisory Board, shall: 24 (a) Define mental or physical disabilities affecting the 25 ability of a person to safely operate a motor vehicle. 26 (b) Develop and keep current coded restrictions to be 27 placed upon drivers’ licenses of persons who are required to 28 wear medical identification bracelets when operating a motor 29 vehicle. 30 (2) Any physician, person, or agency having knowledge of 31 any licensed driver’s or applicant’s mental or physical 32 disability to drive or need to obtain or to wear a medical 33 identification bracelet mustis authorized toreport such 34 knowledge to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 35 Vehicles. The report should be made in writing giving the full 36 name, date of birth, address, and a description of the alleged 37 disability of any person over 15 years of age having mental or 38 physical disorders that could affect his or her driving ability. 39 (3)(a) The reports authorized by this section areshall be40 confidential and exempt fromthe provisions ofs. 119.07(1) and 41 shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the 42 qualifications of any person to operate a motor vehicle on the 43 highways of this state. 44 (b) An administrative,Nocivil, or criminal action may not 45 be brought against any physician, person, or agency who provides 46 the information required by subsection (2)herein. 47 (4) ANoreport forwarded under the provisions of this 48 section may notshallbe used as evidence in any civil or 49 criminal trial or in any court proceeding. 50 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.