Driving

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• Assessing Fitness to Drive

  National Austroads standards used by health professionals to assess and manage people with health conditions that may affect their ability to drive safely. The standards have been approved by Commonwealth, state and territory Transport Ministers.

• ACT driver licence information: Medical conditions

  For legal reasons you must notify Access Canberra of any permanent or long-term illness, injury, or incapacity that may impair your driving ability.

• NSW Government: Health conditions and disability

  Learn how a health condition or disability can affect your driver licence and parking access in NSW, including how to get a medical assessment.

• NT.GOV.AU: Medical fitness to drive

  You must declare (usually through a medical self-assessment) any medical condition that may affect your ability to drive. You may require an assessment of fitness to drive.

• Queensland Government: Medical condition reporting

  Notify the Department of Transport and Main Roads of a medical condition online if needed, and your health professional may make a recommendation on your medical certificate about any conditions and restrictions to do with your driver licence.

• SA.GOV.AU: Fitness to drive

  All licence holders, regardless of age, must report a medical condition that could affect their ability to drive. Some drivers are required to undertake an assessment of their fitness to drive.

• Tasmanian Government: Health and driving

  Find out how health, medical conditions, disabilities, treatments and ageing can affect safe driving, and how to report medical conditions.

• VicRoads: Health and driving

  You can report a medical condition by completing a Medical Report form with your doctor. VicRoads may then undertake a medical review.

• WA Department of Transport: Report a medical condition

  Online form for notifying the department of a medical condition. It includes examples of medical conditions and what conditions may be applied to your licence.