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Disabilities requiring a medical report for a driving licence


If you are applying for a driving licence or learner permit you must supply a medical report (Form D.501) pdf  if you have any of the following diseases or disabilities (form must be printed back to back on one page):

  • Alcoholism
  • Any physical disablement which is likely to affect ability to drive safely
  • Any illness which requires the regular use of psychotropic substances
  • Any illness or disease which requires the regular use of medications likely to affect the ability to drive safely
  • Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, serious diseases of the blood.
  • Diplopia, defective binocular vision or loss of visual field
  • Encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis or hereditary diseases of the nervous system associated with progressive muscular atrophy and congenital myotonic disorders
  • Epilepsy, diseases of the peripheral nervous system, trauma of the central or peripheral nervous system
  • Cerebrovascular diseases, lesion with damage to spinal cord and resultant paraplegia
  • Mental disturbance due to disease or trauma of, or operation upon, the central nervous system
  • Severe mental retardation, Psychosis, Psychoneurosis or personality disorders
  • Serious hearing deficiency
  • Serious diseases of the blood
  • Any disease of the genito-urinary system (including renal disorder) which is likely to affect ability to drive safely

See documents on learner permits and driving licences.


Last Updated: 08/03/2010

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