On 17 July 2007, the Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management requested advisory reports on two issues. The first issue concerns the rules concerning cerebral venous malformation described in the chapter on tumours and circulatory disorders in the Regeling eisen geschiktheid 2000 (Fitness Criteria Regulations 2000). The Health Council of the Netherlands published an advisory memorandum on this topic in 2008. The second issue concerns the option of a second opinion. Further discussions between the Health Council, the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, and the Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen (the driving test organisation) demonstrated that this option is already available and that it works well in practice. Accordingly, during these discussions, it was decided that the request for advice should focus on various implementation problems that the CBR is currently facing. These problems relate to new scientific findings that affect some of the clinical pictures listed in the Fitness Criteria Regulations 2000. The Committee has identified a discrepancy between the letter of the Fitness Criteria Regulations 2000 and the reality of everyday practice. However, it anticipates that a review of the Fitness Criteria Regulations 2000 will substantially reduce this discrepancy. (Author/publisher)
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