Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations Division Physician Resources

Physician Resources

• ·Physician Referral form:  Word document or PDF

• General guide for determining driver limitation
  
  
• DSHS Addresses, contacts, fax numbers
  
  
• Laws Regarding Physician Referral - Health & Safety Code, §12.096
  
  
• Physicians’ Liability protection - Health & Safety Code, §12.098
  
  
• Laws Regarding Medical Advisory Board Review - Health & Safety Code, §12.095
  
  
• Rules Regarding Medical Advisory Board Review - 25 Texas Administrative Code 1.151 - 1.152
  
  
• Link to Department of Public Safety, Driver Improvement Bureau
  
  
• Information on completing forms – [under construction]
  
  
•  Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
  
  
• Other Links to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) information on drivers
  
  
•  Information on older drivers – NHTSA
  
  
•  Informational booklets
  
  
•  Fact sheets, reference data
  
  
•  Reports to Congress
  
  
•  NHTSA policy information
  
  
•  Information on younger drivers
  
  
•  Safety Issues Related to Younger and Older Drivers, 1993

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RULES FOR: Operation of the Medical Advisory Board and the Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 25. Health Services, Part 1. Texas Department of State Health Services, Chapter 1. Texas Board of Health, Medical Advisory Board