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Originally Posted by URY914
The FL DMV could care less about this. Nothing will be done.
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Incorrect. Tobra is a health care professional and has an ethical responsibility to report it to the appropriate governing body if the individual’s health can harm others.
Example, an ophthalmologist or optometrist, the primary care provider must submit a report to DMV with concerns regarding visual impairments that do not meet the acuity threshold and field standards. In other words, if you can’t see, they are supposed to report you, or could face disciplinary action.
Someone with a blood sugar level of 650 is going to be very dangerous behind the wheel.
Tobra’s professional society likely has ethical standards which require him to report it, no doubt he already knows that. I’m sure he is encouraging a debate in medical ethics.
The American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics explicitly acknowledges that physicians have a responsibility “to recognize impairments in patients’ driving ability that pose a strong threat to public safety and which ultimately may need to be reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles”