Ch. 171                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2003.

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 171
(House Bill 685)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal for

Epilepsy

FOR the purpose of repealing certain provisions relating to the suspension or
revocation of, or refusal to issue or renew, an individual's driver's license
because the individual's driving may be adversely affected by the individual's
epilepsy; and generally relating to the suspension, revocation, or refusal of
drivers' licenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Transportation
Section 16-208
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

16-208.

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, § 16-206(a)(4)
and (c) of this subtitle, and § 16-404(c)(2) and (3) of this title, the Administration may
not suspend a license or privilege to drive for a period of more than 1 year.

(2)     [Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, after]
AFTER notice and hearing, the Administration may suspend for an indefinite period
the license or privilege of any individual who cannot drive safely because of his
physical or mental condition.

(3)     [If the Administration suspends or revokes a license of an individual
based upon evaluation of competent medical evidence that the individual's driving
may be adversely affected by the individual's epilepsy, the period of suspension or
revocation may not exceed 90 days unless the individual experiences a seizure within
90 days after the period of suspension or revocation begins.

(4)     If the Administration refuses to issue or renew the license of an
individual based upon evaluation of competent medical evidence that the individual's

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