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Driving and Epilepsy: Changing the Law in Maryland
Author(s) -
Kingham Lee Ann
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb02494.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , foundation (evidence) , political science , state (computer science) , association (psychology) , psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , law , computer science , psychotherapist , algorithm
Summary: The Epilepsy Association of Maryland, an affiliate of the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), recognized that the Maryland state regulations and laws ondriving licensing restricted the rights of individuals withepilepsy. After identifying the problem, the Associationdetermined the needed changes and planned a legislativestrategy to accomplish the change. Once the change wasachieved, the Association planned and executed stepsnecessary for successful implementation of the change.