Health conditions driving — New Mexico Permit Test

Health conditions driving on the New Mexico permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If you are not feeling well and need to go somewhere, let someone else drive.

Even a cough or a stiff neck can pull your eyes or hands away at the wrong time.

If you are not feeling well and need to go somewhere, let someone else drive.
New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30

New Mexico drivers with epilepsy, diabetes, heart conditions and other medical problems must send the MVD periodic medical statements signed by their doctors.

The MVD needs to know a condition is under control before it trusts a driver on the road.

In New Mexico drivers who have epilepsy, diabetes, adverse heart conditions and other medical problems are required to send the Motor Vehicle Division periodic medical statements signed by their physicians.
New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30

A person with epilepsy should be stable and seizure free for a 6-month period before being issued a driver license.

A seizure at the wheel leaves a car with no one in control, so time without one shows it is managed.

People with epilepsy should have frequent check-ups, practice careful management of medicine, and be stable and seizure free for a 6-month period before being issued a driver's license.
New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30

Diabetics who take insulin should not drive when there is any chance of an insulin reaction, blackout, convulsion or shock.

Skipping a meal or the wrong dose can cause a blackout, and a blackout while driving is a crash.

Diabetics who take insulin should not drive when there is any chance of an insulin reaction, blackout, convulsion or shock.
New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30

People with heart disease, high blood pressure or circulation problems, or in danger of a blackout, fainting or heart attack, should not drive.

Passing out for even a few seconds leaves a moving car with no driver.

People with heart diseases, high blood pressure or circulation problems or those in danger of a blackout, fainting or a heart attack should not get behind the wheel.
New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30

On the test

You have a bad cold and need to go to the store. What does the manual suggest?

Let someone else drive you. Even a cough or a stiff neck can pull your eyes or hands away at the wrong time. New Mexico Driver Manual, p.30: “If you are not feeling well and need to go somewhere, let someone else drive.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against New Mexico Driver Manual, published by the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.