Help with clarification: applicant has bipolar disorder, successfully under treatment

[J.R.@A&M]

So I know a nice young fella who has expressed an interest in getting his LTC.

He has told me previously that he takes lithium for treating/controlling bipolar disorder. As far as I can tell from being around him, he seems perfectly normal.

Is his condition a disqualification for getting an LTC, or would that require some medical/judicial ruling?

Thanks.

[grim-bob]

Not eligible if bipolar unless they can get a written note from a psychiatrist. relevant law is below

Sec. 411.172. ELIGIBILITY.
....
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if the person:
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
....
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(7), a person is incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person:
(1) has been diagnosed by a licensed physician as suffering from a psychiatric disorder or condition that causes or is likely to cause substantial impairment in judgment, mood, perception, impulse control, or intellectual ability;
(2) suffers from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subdivision (1) that:
(A) is in remission but is reasonably likely to redevelop at a future time; or
(B) requires continuous medical treatment to avoid redevelopment;
....
(e) The following constitutes evidence that a person has a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subsection (d)(1):
....
(5) diagnosis at any time by a licensed physician that the person suffers or has suffered from a psychiatric disorder or condition consisting of or relating to:
....
(B) bipolar disorder;
....
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person who has previously been diagnosed as suffering from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subsection (d) or listed in Subsection (e) is not because of that disorder or condition incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person provides the department with a certificate from a licensed physician whose primary practice is in the field of psychiatry stating that the psychiatric disorder or condition is in remission and is not reasonably likely to develop at a future time.

[J.R.@A&M]

Not eligible if bipolar unless they can get a written note from a psychiatrist. relevant law is below

Sec. 411.172. ELIGIBILITY.
....
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if the person:
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
....
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(7), a person is incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person:
(1) has been diagnosed by a licensed physician as suffering from a psychiatric disorder or condition that causes or is likely to cause substantial impairment in judgment, mood, perception, impulse control, or intellectual ability;
(2) suffers from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subdivision (1) that:
(A) is in remission but is reasonably likely to redevelop at a future time; or
(B) requires continuous medical treatment to avoid redevelopment;
....
(e) The following constitutes evidence that a person has a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subsection (d)(1):
....
(5) diagnosis at any time by a licensed physician that the person suffers or has suffered from a psychiatric disorder or condition consisting of or relating to:
....
(B) bipolar disorder;
....
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person who has previously been diagnosed as suffering from a psychiatric disorder or condition described by Subsection (d) or listed in Subsection (e) is not because of that disorder or condition incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun if the person provides the department with a certificate from a licensed physician whose primary practice is in the field of psychiatry stating that the psychiatric disorder or condition is in remission and is not reasonably likely to develop at a future time.

Much obliged.