PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1325 PRINTER'S NO. 1384
No. 1159 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY CLARK, DeWEESE, RYAN, OLASZ, LAUGHLIN, MARKOSEK,
PERZEL, WILSON, MISCEVICH, COY, DUFFY, PISTELLA, DeLUCA,
BELFANTI, COLAFELLA, LESCOVITZ, McCALL AND COWELL, JUNE 6,
1983
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 14, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for a designation on drivers' licenses
3 for medical doctors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
9 (a) General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
10 required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
11 license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
12 licensee is authorized to drive, which license shall contain the
13 social security number of the licensee, the actual name, date of
14 birth, residence address, a color photograph of the licensee,
15 such other information as may be required by the department, and
16 either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space
17 upon which the licensee shall write his usual signature with pen
1 and ink. Personal medical data and other information for use in
2 an emergency may be included as a part of the license. A UPON <--
3 PAYMENT OF A $5 FEE, A medical doctor PHYSICIAN shall be <--
4 permitted to have the APPROPRIATE abbreviation "M.D." OR "D.O." <--
5 appear after the name of the doctor PHYSICIAN. Information other <--
6 than that required to identify the licensee, the distinguishing
7 number and the class of license issued may be included in
8 microdata form. No driver's license shall be valid until it has
9 been signed by the licensee.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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