The 38 medical conditions that could lead to a denied or shortened driving licence
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- Chile’s Transport Ministry published an instruction listing 38 medical conditions that may lead authorities to deny a driving licence or shorten its validity.
- The 2020 document aims to support medical assessments by municipal technical offices.
A technical instruction published by Chile’s Transport Ministry details 38 medical conditions that could result in a driving licence being denied or issued for a shorter period.
The ministry published Exempt Resolution 1194 in June 2020. The document sets out the medical grounds used in licensing decisions and is intended to support the work of municipal technical offices.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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