You are required to have a Certificate of Fitness to Drive filled in by your doctor

• if you declare on your application for a Learner’s Permit or Driver’s Licence that you have a medical condition that may affect your ability to drive.
  
• if you are 70 years of age or over, you will automatically be sent a medical certificate every year to be filled in by your doctor.

Medical evidence may be required by the Registrar when determining if a learner’s permit or particular type of licence should be issued, dependent on the type and seriousness of the condition/illness.

If you have a condition of

• diabetes, epilepsy, psychiatric illness, severe coronary or cardiovascular disease, it may be necessary to have a Comprehensive Medical Report completed by a medical practitioner, or in some circumstances, a specialist report may be required.

• arthritis, coronary disease, hypertension, limb disability, poor eyesight, it may be necessary to have a Medical and/or Eyesight Certificate completed by a medical practitioner. Should eyesight readings not meet the minimum standard unaided, but are satisfactory whilst wearing visual aids, the permit or licence will be endorsed so that spectacles or contact lenses must be worn at all times when driving.

If you think you may be required to submit medical evidence of your fitness to drive, the appropriate Medical and Eyesight Certificates are available from any Customer Service Centre.

If you feel that the more Comprehensive Medical Report would be necessary, the Medical Clerk who can be contacted through a Customer Service Centre, can supply forms or may be able to offer advice following confidential discussion.

Where possible, guidelines drafted by the Australian Medical Association are used in conjunction with recommendations of a medical consultant when assessing a person’s fitness to hold a learner’s permit or driver’s licence.

In most cases where a person is required to take medication for the treatment of a condition, a medical certificate must be produced on an annual basis.

Should a person develop a condition/illness during the currency of a permit or licence, which may impair his/her ability to drive, he/she is required to notify the Registrar in writing as soon as practicable.

For more information on medical conditions contact a Customer Service Centre. Certificate of fitness forms are available on our forms page for light and heavy vehicle drivers. These forms do require A3 paper. Alternately these forms are available from your doctor.