PennDOT uses this Chapter 71 form to document a school bus driver's substance abuse history, so the Bureau of Driver Licensing can decide whether the driver meets Pennsylvania's school bus driver standards. It is the school bus counterpart of DL-128, the substance use form for other drivers, and PennDOT's forms page lists it as DL-128A, Substance Use.
The treating physician or other health care provider examining the school bus driver completes the whole form.
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School Bus Substance Abuse Form
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Yes. The form is titled School Bus Substance Abuse Form, and PennDOT's Medical Reporting Forms page lists it as DL-128A, Substance Use, among the Chapter 71 forms for school bus drivers.
DL-128 is for drivers reviewed under 67 Pa. Code Chapter 83, which covers drivers other than school bus drivers. RDL-128A applies when the patient is a school bus driver held to the Chapter 71 standards.
PennDOT states that providers who report are immune from civil or criminal liability, HIPAA does not apply to these reports, and reports are confidential and used only to decide whether the person is medically fit to drive.