Keim v. Dep't. of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing

In Keim v. Dep't. of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing, 887 A.2d 834 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005), DOT, pursuant to Section 1532(c), suspended the license of a driver who pleaded guilty to one count of manufacturing a controlled substance. Id. at 835. The driver appealed the suspension because the manufacture of a controlled substance was not one of the offenses enumerated in Section 1532(c). Id. at 836. The Court held that because it would be impossible for a person to manufacture a controlled substance without possessing it, for the purposes of the statute, the manufacturing of a controlled substance was an "offense involving possession" of a controlled substance. Id. at 839. Any other result "would be absurd and unreasonable and therefore not in accordance with the intent of the legislature[.]" Id.