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Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals

Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing a patient's fitness to drive.

From:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Published:
11 March 2016
Last updated:
2 March 2021, see all updates

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Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals

Ref: MIS828 PDF, 5.19MB, 135 pages

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These are medical standards of fitness to drive for medical professionals. This guidance is also available as HTML and is usually updated every 6 months. It has replaced the medical at a glance.

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Published 11 March 2016
Last updated 2 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. Updated PDF.

  2. PDF updated.

  3. Survey for medical professionals closed - link removed. PDF updated

  4. PDF added.

  5. Message added: A PDF version of the guidance will be available soon.

  6. Updated pdf for Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals (August 2018).

  7. Survey for medical professionals added.

  8. PDF updated. For more information about the amendments made, see page 2 of the PDF.

  9. 'Excessive sleepiness including obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome' section updated.

  10. PDF updated.

  11. PDF updated.

  12. Survey removed.

  13. Change to the neurology chapter. Transient loss of consciousness with seizure markers has been updated.

  14. General updates to the guide.

  15. First published.

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