If you develop a medical condition or your existing medical condition changes, you should talk to your doctor about whether it affects your driving ability.
If your driving ability has been or may be affected, you need to notify us of your condition (or changes to your condition). This is your legal responsibility, not your doctor's. You can do this by:
There are many medical conditions, or combination of conditions, that can affect your ability to drive. These may include (but are not limited to):
Any medical conditions that affects your perception, judgement and response time when driving should be reported.
Temporary medical conditions do not need to be reported. However, you must talk to your doctor about whether or not the temporary medical condition will impact your driving. If it does, you should refrain from driving until your doctor has told you that you can resume driving.
Just because you have reported a medical condition that might affect your driving does not mean that you will lose your licence.
As a result of your notification, you may be required to:
Your medical fitness to drive will be determined on a case by case basis in accordance with National Assessing Fitness to Drive Guidelines. You are responsible for bearing the cost of any assessments undertaken.
To find out whether you can claim for the cost of the consultation, you should contact Medicare.
A medical assessment of your fitness to drive may result in:
Sometimes a driver licence is suspended or cancelled due to a medical condition.
If this occurs, we will notify you in writing and let you know how you can appeal this decision. If your licence is suspended, we will also let you know what you will have to do to have your suspension lifted.