Assessing fitness to drive

Decide a review period and expiry date for the medical certificate

The Assessing Fitness to Drive standards sets review periods you must apply when deciding on an expiry date to record on the Medical Certificate for Motor Vehicle Driver.

The expiry date must be within the maximum review period. However, you can decide you need to review the person’s condition more often and make the expiry date shorter than the specified review period.

In this guide

1. Choose either the private or commercial standard
2. How to assess a patient’s medical condition for fitness to drive
3. Recommending changes to a patient's driver licence
4. Decide a review period and expiry date for the medical certificate
5. Complete the medical certificate form to give to your patient

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