Canadian medical association driver guide

The Driver’s Guide: Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles is a trusted resource, designed to assist physicians assess their patients’ ability to safely operate motor vehicles. The guide was updated in October to include recent recommendations for patients with dementia. FEATURES IN THIS EDITION. Canadian Medical Association. Determining fitness to operate motor vehicles: CMA Driver’s Guide, 9th ed. Ottawa Canadian Medical Association Driver’s Guide “In general, physicians should err on the side of reporting any potentially medically unfit driver. This is especially importantFile Size: KB. I have concerns about the CMA's guidelines on determining medical fitness to drive. 1 All Canadian provinces and territories currently use the medical standards produced by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) 2 to determine the medical fitness of drivers. There are considerable discrepancies between the CMA and CCMTA guidelines, .

Together, we’re driving lasting change. The CMA is the national voice of the medical profession. Our focus is on creating strong and accessible health systems, fostering well-being and diversity in medical culture, and ensuring every person in Canada has equal opportunity to be healthy. The CMA driver's guide enables physicians to advise their patients on safe driving or driving cessation independent of their legal permit to drive, as well as providing an evidence base, where one exists, that physicians can use to advocate for relicensure for their patients on the basis of their individual functional capacity. Published by the Canadian Medical Association Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication CMA driver's guide [electronic resource]: determining medical fitness to operate motor vehicles. -- 8th ed. Issued also in French under title: Évaluation médicale de l'aptitude à conduire. Includes bibliographical references.

Due to the COVID pandemic, RoadSafetyBC has paused issuing age-based Driver Medical Examination Reports. This takes effect on Decem. drivers. These guidelines and standards reflect Canadian jurisdictions' continuing commitment to Canadian Medical Association, U.S. Federal Highway. Physicians are regularly called upon to evaluate medical fitness to drive. The Driver's Guide is a trusted resource that has been helping physicians keep.