Eligibility if mental or physical incapacity likely to adversely affect ability to drive safely
176 Eligibility if mental or physical incapacity likely to adversely affect ability to drive safely
A person is not eligible for a Queensland driver licence if the chief executive reasonably believes the person has a mental or physical incapacity that is likely to adversely affect the person’s ability to drive safely.
However, subsection (1) does not apply if the chief executive reasonably believes that, by stating a condition on the Queensland driver licence, the person’s incapacity is not likely to adversely affect the person’s ability to drive safely.
Example—
A person with unstable night time vision has a valid medical certificate from a doctor stating the person can drive safely only during daylight. The chief executive may reasonably believe that by imposing an M condition, the person’s incapacity is not likely to adversely affect the person’s ability to drive safely.
For this section, the chief executive may require the person to give the chief executive a valid medical certificate from a stated type of health professional—
stating the person does not have a mental or physical incapacity likely to affect the person’s ability to drive safely; or
giving information about the person’s mental or physical incapacity that may allow the chief executive to form a belief as mentioned in subsection (2).
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