Medical conditions, supervising drivers & organ donation
A 3-minute lesson from the Maryland course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some medical conditions can affect your driving, so Maryland law requires you to report them. This lesson also covers who can supervise a permit driver and the organ donor and voter options offered with your license.
Know the rule
If you have a listed condition, notify the MVA when you apply for or renew your license. If it's diagnosed after you're licensed, notify the MVA when it is diagnosed.
With a Maryland Learner's Permit, you may drive only the vehicles or class of vehicles on your permit, and you must have a supervising driver with you.
Under the federal "Motor Voter" law (National Voter Registration Act of 1993), the MVA must let eligible customers apply to register to vote, or update voting information, when getting a license or ID card.
Your 20-year-old sister has had her license 4 years. She can't supervise your permit practice: a supervising driver must be at least 21, even with more than 3 years of licensed driving.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Within how many months must a diabetes-related low blood sugar episode requiring assistance have occurred to be reportable to the MVA?
The past 6 months
The past 12 months
The past 3 months
The past 24 months
Answer: The past 6 months
A diabetes-related low blood sugar episode requiring assistance in the past 6 months must be reported to the MVA.
You must report an eye problem to the MVA if it prevents a corrected visual acuity of at least what, in at least one eye?
20/40
20/70
20/20
20/100
Answer: 20/70
An eye problem that prevents a corrected minimum visual acuity of 20/70 in at least one eye is a reportable condition (the licensing screening standard is 20/40 in each eye).