Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

Now has a Medical reporting link on their website:

Pennsylvania’s Medically Impaired Driver Law
For years, Pennsylvania law has required health care personnel to report to PennDOT those drivers under their care whose driving skills may be affected by a medically related condition. Each year, health care personnel play a significant role in PennDOT’s effort of removing medically unsafe drivers from our highways - a very real public health and safety issue.
According to Section 1518 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code all health care personnel, i.e. all physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, physician assistants, certified registered nurse practitioners and other persons authorized to diagnose or treat disorders and disabilities defined by PennDOT’s Medical Advisory Board, must report to PennDOT within 10 days, in writing, the full name, address, and date of birth of any patient 15 years of age or older, who has been diagnosed as having a condition that could impair his or her ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. However, reports are not required if the condition is expected to last less than 90 days; for example, a broken leg would not need to be reported to PennDOT.
Medical Reporting Forms

Scroll down to the diabetes section
Diabetes Mellitus
(DL-122) / § 83.5(a)(1) states that a person who has unstable diabetes mellitus leading to severe hypoglycemic reactions or symptomatic hyperglycemia will not be qualified to drive, unless there has been a continuous period of at least 6 months free from a disqualifying episode.
Individuals who have had a disqualifying episode and are eligible for restoration must submit to follow-up diabetic examinations, which include an HbA1C test as well as a vision screening at 6, 12, 24, and finally 48 month intervals. Diabetic examinations may be required more frequently if recommended by the treating heath care provider.
However, a waiver from disqualification may be granted if an individual has been previously free from severe hypoglycemic reactions or symptomatic hyperglycemia for the preceding 6 months and the subsequent severe hypoglycemic reaction or symptomatic hyperglycemia occurred
  • while the individual was under the treating health care provider’s care,
  • during or concurrent with a nonrecurring transient illness, or
  • toxic ingestion or metabolic imbalance.
The above waiver will only be granted if the treating health care provider submits written certification indicating it is a temporary condition or isolated incident not likely to recur.

Medical Criteria and Regulations

Medical Regulations for Drivers, other than School Bus Drivers ...Diabetic examinations may be required more frequently if recommended by the treating ...

CHAPTER 83. - PennDOT CHAPTER 83.docx

This regulation has the force and effect of a statute. Dare v. .... Once the diabetic condition has stabilized, and as long as the ...

PENNDOT - Fact Sheet- Pub 71

laws and regulations relating to the operation of school buses. .... (B) The driver submits to a diabetic examination every 6 months and ...