Article 102Special Fitness Screenings; Other Measures

①If a person who has undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) or (v), and whose result falls under the criteria that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as indicating a possibility of dementia (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "target person"), submits a written license application under Article 89, paragraph (1), the public safety commission is to, except where the person has come to fall under any of the following items on or after the date on which the person underwent that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, conduct a special fitness screening to determine whether the person is a person falling under Article 90, paragraph (1), item (i)-2, or order the person to submit, by the deadline that the public safety commission specifies, a medical certificate from a physician who satisfies the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes:

②If a person who has undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to Article 101-4, paragraph (2) is found to be a target person, the public safety commission is to, except where the person falls under any of the following items, conduct a special fitness screening to determine whether the person has come to fall under Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i)-2, or order the person to submit, by the deadline that the public safety commission specifies, a medical certificate from a physician who satisfies the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes:

③If a person who has undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is found to be a target person, the public safety commission is to, except where the person has come to fall under any of the items of paragraph (1) on or after the date on which the person underwent that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, conduct a special fitness screening to determine whether the person has come to fall under Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i)-2, or order the person to submit, by the deadline that the public safety commission specifies, a medical certificate from a physician who satisfies the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes.

④Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, if there is reason to suspect that a person who has passed a driver's license test is a person falling under Article 90, paragraph (1), items (i) through (ii), or that a person who has obtained a license has come to fall under Article 103, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii), a public safety commission may, with regard to the person who passed the driver's license test or the person who obtained the license, conduct a special fitness screening or order the person to submit, by the deadline that the public safety commission specifies, a medical certificate from a physician who satisfies the requirements that Cabinet Office Order prescribes. In such a case, the public safety commission is to take into consideration the contents of the questionnaire submitted pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 101, paragraph (1), or Article 101-2, paragraph (1), the contents of the report under Article 101-5, and other circumstances.

⑥Before administering a fitness screening pursuant to paragraph (1) through the preceding paragraph, a public safety commission must first notify the person who will undergo that screening of the date and place and other necessary particulars of the screening.

⑦A person who has received notice under the preceding paragraph must appear at the place notified on the date notified and undergo the fitness screening.

⑧Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the necessary particulars concerning fitness screenings under paragraphs (1) through (5).