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Chapter 4. Driver Licensing Medical Advisory Board
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Creation
Sec. 1. The commissioner shall create a driver licensing medical
advisory board.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.3.
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Members
Sec. 2. The board consists of five (5) members, of whom:
(1) two (2) members must have unlimited licenses to practice
medicine in Indiana, including one (1) neurologist with
expertise in epilepsy; and
(2) one (1) member must be licensed as an optometrist.
The board members serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.4.
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Travel expenses; per diem salaries
Sec. 3. A board member is entitled to be reimbursed for travel
expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the member's
duties and is also entitled to receive a salary per diem as prescribed
by the budget agency.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.5.
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Duties
Sec. 4. The board shall provide the commissioner and the office
of traffic safety created by IC 9-27-2-2 with assistance in the
administration of Indiana driver licensing laws, including:
(1) providing guidance to the commissioner in the area of
licensing drivers with health or other problems that may
adversely affect a driver's ability to operate a vehicle safely;
(2) recommending factors to be used in determining
qualifications and ability for issuance and retention of a driver's
license; and
(3) recommending and participating in the review of license
suspension, restriction, or revocation appeal procedures,
including reasonable investigation into the facts of the matter.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.6;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.17.
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Requests for assistance
Sec. 5. The commissioner may request assistance from any of the
board members at any time.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.7.
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Immunity from civil action
Sec. 6. A member of the board is exempt from a civil action
arising or thought to arise from an action taken in good faith as a
member of the board.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.8.
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Practice of medicine
Sec. 7. The evaluation of medical reports for the commissioner by
a member of the board does not constitute the practice of medicine.
This chapter does not authorize a person to engage in the practice of
the healing arts or the practice of medicine as defined by law.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.208-2003, SEC.9.