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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-118" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administrator may appoint a Medical Advisory Board of qualified physicians and optometrists to enable the Administration to comply properly with the provisions of this title regarding the physical and mental condition of individuals who seek to drive on highways in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administrator also may appoint a medical secretary to serve the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each member of the Medical Advisory Board is entitled to compensation for each meeting that the member attends. The compensation shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Administration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administrator may refer to the Medical Advisory Board, for an advisory opinion, the case of any licensee or applicant for a license, if the Administrator has good cause to believe that the driving of a vehicle by him would be contrary to public safety and welfare because of an existing or suspected mental or physical disability.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall meet at the pleasure of the Administrator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the records of the Medical Advisory Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are confidential;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May be disclosed only on court order; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>May be used only to determine the qualifications of an individual to drive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may use information in its records for the purpose of driver safety research, provided that personal information is not published or disclosed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may contract with third parties to assist with driver safety research.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A person may not use these records for any other purpose.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
