# 2025-00747: Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders

2025-00747, Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2024-12-12 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00747
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00747
- Title: Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2024-12-12
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The FMCSA is renewing special permissions for eight drivers with epilepsy or seizure disorders, letting them keep driving commercial trucks across state lines while on medication. This means folks who’ve had seizures but are managing their condition safely can keep working without breaking the rules. These renewals have specific start and end dates, so drivers and companies should keep an eye on those to stay compliant.

## Abstract

FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for eight individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers have "no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV." The exemptions enable these individuals who have had one or more seizures and are taking anti-seizure medication to continue to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.

## Effects PRIA read

- Exemptions Let Eight Drivers Keep Driving: benefit, medium. If you are one of the eight named commercial drivers, FMCSA renewed your exemption allowing you to operate interstate commercial motor vehicles while taking anti-seizure medication. Seven drivers (Jesse Hansen, Thomas Kline, Jose Lara-Ramirez, Domenick Panfile, Andrew Rieschick, Stephen St. Marthe,…
- Two-Year Term and Revocation Conditions: cost, medium. Each exemption is valid for 2 years from its effective date and will be revoked earlier if the driver fails to follow the exemption terms, the exemption causes a lower level of safety than before, or continuation would conflict with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b). The renewals therefore require dr…

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## Sources
- [2025-00747 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00747/qualification-of-drivers-exemption-applications-epilepsy-and-seizure-disorders)
- [2025-00747 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00747.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00747 (as of 2026-06-08).