DVLA rules - drug and alcohol misuse

Question 1

Pts with alcohol misuse and dependence?

Answer 1

• Persistent alcohol misuse/dependence
• Confirmed by medical enquiry and/or evidence of otherwise unexplained abnormal blood markers

Licence revocation or refusal until minimum*** period of controlled drinking or abstinence has been attained, with normalisation of blood parameters
- Minimum 6 months for misuse
- Minimum 1 year for dependency

Question 2

Cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, LSD

Answer 2

• Persistent use or dependency
• Confirmed by medical enquiry
• Licence refusal or revocation until minimum 6 months free of use has been attained
• May need independent medical assessment and urine screen arranged by DVLA

Question 3

Heroin, cocaine, methadone

Answer 3

• Persistent use or dependency
• Confirmed by medical enquiry
• Licence refusal or revocation until minimum 1 year free of use has been attained
• May need independent medical assessment and urine screen arranged by DVLA
• May need consultant report one reapplication