(a) The commissioner shall give due consideration to any recommendations of the board and to any reports, records or opinions submitted pursuant to sections 14-46a to 14-46g, inclusive, but such recommendations, reports, records or opinions shall be merely advisory and not binding on the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may authorize a person whose license is withdrawn under sections 14-46a to 14-46g, inclusive, to operate a motor vehicle on a limited basis provided the following conditions are met: (1) The commissioner, after a hearing held in accordance with chapter 54, determines that such person does not have a health problem that affects such person's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle and has ordered that such person submit to and pass a road skills test as a condition of license reinstatement; and (2) such operation occurs only while the person is under the instruction of and accompanied by a driving instructor licensed under section 14-73, or is in a vehicle with a motor vehicle testing agent who is administering a road skills test.

(c) Any person who is the subject of any inquiry under sections 14-46a to 14-46g, inclusive, who refuses to submit to a physical examination or provide other information requested by the commissioner or board shall be considered unfit to operate a motor vehicle until he or she complies with such request.

(P.A. 81-461, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 207.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added new Subsec. (b) re authorization to operate a motor vehicle on a limited basis, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and made a technical change, effective June 30, 2015.

Cited. 226 C. 499.

Cited. 33 CA 727; 41 CA 866.