# 2025-00820: Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders

2025-00820, Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2024-08-31 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00820
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00820
- Title: Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2024-08-31
- 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 seven drivers with epilepsy or seizure disorders, letting them keep driving commercial trucks across state lines while on medication. These exemptions started on August 31, 2024, and last until August 31, 2026. This means qualified drivers can keep working without worrying about losing their licenses, keeping roads safe and jobs steady.

## Abstract

FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for seven 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

- Seven Drivers Allowed To Keep Driving: benefit, high. FMCSA renewed exemptions for seven named interstate commercial drivers (Cody Baker (IN); David P. Crowe (VA); Michael Curtis Gibson (SC); Raymond Lobo (NJ); Alexis Roldan (IL); William Smith (NC); Yoon Song (CA)) so they may continue to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce while…
- Exemptions Valid Two Years; Revocable: cost, low. Each exemption is valid for two years from the effective date and, for these renewals, runs from August 31, 2024 through August 31, 2026. FMCSA may revoke an exemption earlier if the person fails to follow its terms, the exemption results in a lower level of safety, or continuation would be inconsi…

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## Sources
- [2025-00820 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00820/qualification-of-drivers-exemption-applications-epilepsy-and-seizure-disorders)
- [2025-00820 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00820.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00820 (as of 2026-06-08).