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improves after treatment, you may apply to get your
driver license restored by having your eye specialist
complete an updated eye exam report. Take the
completed report to your local driver license or tax
collector office where you may be re-licensed if your

vision meets the minimum requirements. If your
license has been taken away for inadequate field of
vision you must mail an updated eye exam report along
with charted visual fields to DHSMV.

To find out how to get any of these vision forms and
where to mail them to, please refer to page 80 in the
Appendix.

Reporting Unsafe Drivers

Under Florida law, any physician, agency, family

member, or the general public who knows of any
licensed driver’s mental or physical disability to drive,
is authorized to report this information to the DHSMV.
The Medical Reporting Form should provide the full
name, date of birth, and address of the person being
reported along with a description of the problem.
Anyone reporting the driver must include their own
contact information and sign the report. This contact
information is not shared with anyone, including

the driver being reported, it is only used when the
information in the report needs to be clarified.

These reports are kept strictly confidential and no civil
or criminal action may be brought against the person
who submits the information.

To find out how to obtain a Medical Reporting Form

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