title: [Medical certificates for driving licence, for safety belt].
abstract: Concerning driving licence, there are two groups of medical criteria determined by "arrêté royal" according to the type of driving licence. In order to be declared a qualified driver, the candidate has to fulfil the minimal norms determined in the annex 6 of the "arrêté royal" of 23 March 1998 concerning visual faculty and must be free from any disease or physical abnormality or psychological disorders likely to jeopardize the security while driving. For the candidates of the first group, only an honor statement is required. If the candidate does not know if he plainly fulfils the norms to sign that statement, he has to go and see a physician of his own choice. According to the candidate's pathology, the doctor may refer him to a specialist. The latter will have one or several complementary tests done. According to the medical examinations' result, the physician will then make the statement--total ability, partial ability or disability--and fill in the form provided to that end. Concerning the exemption of the use of safety belt, the "arrêté royal" of 13 May 1975, still applicable today, does not determine any criterium. The physician is only required to state that there is a serious medical contra-indication against the use of safety belt.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, ULB, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bran
mesh_terms: D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000592:standards