General:

You must provide your medical examiner with the following information:

•    Date onset of Stroke / TIA.

•    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 Anticoagulant / Antiseziure medication (If taking)

•    Last INR: if on Warfarin (Coumadin)

•    Side effects of medication. 

•    Associated Seizure Activity?

•    Report:

To include presenting symptoms, course, duration of resolution, sequelae including motor weakness, sensory loss, disturbances of emotion or cognition, memory impairment, speech impairment, location of CVA/TIA.

TIA:

w  Certify if: normal examination, clearance from treating neurologist, completed waiting period with no seizures or use of seizure medication

w  Waiting period:  One year

w  Monitoring:  none

w  Certification period: one year

w  Disqualify for: use of anticoagulation, use of anti seizure medication

Stroke:

w  Certify if:  Completed waiting period, normal neurologic exam including neuro-ophthalmological and neuro –psychological exams or if abnormal, no deficits that would interfere with safe CMV operation, clearance by treating neurologist.

w  Waiting period:  One year for cerebellar or brain stem strokes, 5 years for cortical/subcortical stroke

w  Monitoring:  None

w  Certification period:  One year

w  Disqualify for:  Residual impairments affecting safe operation of a CMV, use of anticoagulant or anti seizure medication, history of seizures