Reporting Requirements, Confidentiality, and Legal Immunity for Physicians Who Report Medically Impaired Drivers (JAMA NETWORK OPEN)

By Editor, Concierge Medicine Today on February 13, 2024

By JAMA NETWORK OPEN, Jan 5, 2024

Physicians play an important role in assessing patients’ ability to drive.¹^,2 Across a variety of medical specialties, including ophthalmology, emergency medicine, neurology, and primary care, physicians may encounter patients who drive despite having medical conditions that may make it unsafe to do so. Physicians have an opportunity and, in some states, an obligation to report medically impaired drivers to licensing agencies to reduce injuries and deaths from preventable motor vehicle crashes.

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Tran EM, Lee JE. Reporting Requirements, Confidentiality, and Legal Immunity for Physicians Who Report Medically Impaired Drivers. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(1):e2350495. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50495

SOURCE: JAMA NETWORK OPEN; Tran EM, Lee JE. Reporting Requirements, Confidentiality, and Legal Immunity for Physicians Who Report Medically Impaired Drivers. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(1):e2350495. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50495

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