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Bills would shorten license suspension for some people with epilepsy to three months with physician documentation
Summary
Representatives introduced House Bills 4306 and 4307 to allow the Secretary of State to apply a three-month suspension instead of a six-month suspension for drivers who have had a seizure, if a physician’s documentation shows seizures are controlled or the episode was caused by a clear and controllable circumstance.
The Michigan House Rules Committee heard testimony on House Bills 4306 and 4307, measures intended to shorten mandatory driver's-license suspensions for people who have an epileptic seizure.
Representative VanderWall, presenting the bills, said current Michigan law requires a six-month license suspension after an epileptic seizure. The bills would allow the Secretary of State to use a three-month suspension standard if the individual submits a physician’s note stating their seizures are under control, or if documentation shows the seizure was caused by a clear and controllable circumstance such…
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