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Senate committee advances bill changing medical review board process for driver’s licenses
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to report Senate Bill 43 favorably after sponsors said the measure would tighten qualifications for medical review board members, improve notice and transparency for drivers with medical evaluations and prohibit license suspension solely for delinquent taxes.
Senate Bill 43, which would revise how Kentucky’s medical review board evaluates drivers with physical or mental conditions, was reported favorably by the Senate Transportation Committee after a brief committee debate and a committee substitute was adopted.
Sponsor Sen. Don Douglas, D‑22, told the committee the bill amends statutory procedures in KRS 186.444 and KRS 186.57 to add flexibility and transparency to medical-review-board proceedings, tighten minimum clinical qualifications for board members and forbid revoking an operator license solely for delinquent taxes.
The bill would explicitly allow appointment of ‘‘physicians authorized to practice medicine, osteopaths, optometrists, and advanced practice registered nurses’’ to the medical review board, require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate regulations and standardized medical-review…
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