Preventative Health

Seizure Disorder

General:

 

You must provide your medical examiner with the following information:

    Date onset of Seizure(s)

    Type of Seizure

    Name and location of treating health care professional

    What interventions have been done

    Medications you are taking

    Treatment plan / frequency of testing

    Last dose of Antiseizure medication

    Last blood level Antiseizure medication

    Side effects of medication. 

    Recent Seizure Activity?

    Report:

 

To include presenting symptoms, course, duration of resolution, sequelae including, loss of conciousness, motor weakness, sensory loss, disturbances of emotion or cognition, memory impairment, speech impairment, location of seizure focus, if known.

 

Certification following Seizure

   1. Unprovoked Single Episode

         a. Waiting Period 5 years

         b. Must be off anti-seizure medication 5 years

        CERTIFY FOR: Maximum 1 year

 

   2. Seizure Disorder (Epilepsy)

         a. Waiting Period 10 years

         b. Must be off anti-seizure medication 10 years

        DISQUALIFY