Health professionals completing medical reviews
Driving is a complex task requiring good vision, judgement, perception and physical abilities.
Your role as a health professional is to assess whether the medical condition is likely to affect the person’s ability to drive safely and provide advice accordingly.
To support health professionals, the national medical standards, the Assessing Fitness to Drive (AFTD) guidelines provide fitness to drive criteria and information regarding assessment and management.
The fitness to drive process aims to support you in fulfilling your duty of care and public health responsibilities when it comes to managing your patient’s fitness to drive.
The same responsibilities apply whether you submit the online medical report or choose to fill in a paper medical report.