VF (no reversible cause)
  • Private driving is permitted beginning 6 months after the event has occured.
  • Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
Hemodynamically unstable VT
  • Private driving is permitted beginning 6 months after the event has occured.
  • Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
VT or VF due to reversible cause*
  • Private driving is not permitted until successful treatment of underlying condition has occurred.
  • Commercial driving is not permitted until successful treatment of underlying condition has occurred.
Sustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness; LVEF<30%
  • Private driving is permitted beginning 3 months after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
  • Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified).
Sustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness; LVEF≥30%; ICD has not been recommended
  • Private driving is permitted beginning 4 weeks after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
  • Commercial driving is permitted beginning 3 months after the event has occured AND satisfactory control has been achieved.
Nonsustained VT with no associated impairment of consciousness
  • Private driving is permitted no restriction.
  • Commercial driving is permitted no restriction.

*Examples include, but are not limited to, ventricular fibrillation (VF) within 24 hrs of myocardial infarction, VF during coronary angiography, VF with electroncution and VF secondary to drug toxicity. Reversible-cause VF recommendations overrule the VF recommendations if the reversible cause is treated successfully and the VF does not recur.