This part applies to drivers and applicants for drivers' licenses who have diabetes and are treated with insulin.
The terms in this part have the meanings given them in this subpart.
A person shall report a diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes or an episode, in writing, to the department as follows:
If a person has reason to know the requirements of items A and B, and willfully fails to report or willfully makes a material misrepresentation to the department concerning the person's diabetic condition, the commissioner shall suspend the person's driver's license for six months. The six-month suspension period will begin within 30 days from the date the department discovers the failure to report or misrepresentation.
A physician's statement, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, is required:
The six-month, one-year, or four-year period will begin from the date the most recent physician's statement has been received and approved by the department. During a period of cancellation or suspension under this part, the department shall not require a physician's statement until the end of the cancellation or suspension period.
If a person fails to return a physician's statement to the department within 30 days from the date of mailing, the commissioner shall cancel the person's driver's license until the physician's statement is submitted to the department and accepted.
The physician's statement must indicate, at least, the date of each of the person's episodes since the previous physician's statement, whether the person is cooperating in the treatment of the condition, the person's prognosis for control of the person's diabetic condition, and whether the person is medically qualified to exercise reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle on the public roads.
After a review of a person's physician's statement, the commissioner shall cancel or deny a person's driver's license under the conditions and for the periods stated as follows:
The commissioner shall notify a person whose driver's license has been or is subject to cancellation, suspension, or denial. The notification must be in writing and be personally served or sent by first-class mail to the person's last known address shown on department records. The notice must contain:
The notice is deemed received three days after mailing by the department to the last known address of the person shown on department records.
The commissioner shall reinstate or issue the driver's license of a person whose license has been suspended, canceled, or denied when:
Minn. R. agency 171, ch. 7410, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL QUALIFICATIONS, pt. 7410.2610
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.06; 171.04; 171.09; 171.13; 171.14; 299A.01