01.08.2008

Fitness to drive rules under review

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is considering new rules that would result in doctors having to inform licencing authorities of an illness or condition that could impair their patient's ability to drive. The RSA is currently reviewing fitness to drive regulations, and is looking at best practice in other countries before updating the rules governing a motorist's medical fitness to drive.

In New Zealand and some Australian states doctors are legally obliged to pass on such information to the relevant licensing authorities. In some other EU Member States, driving license applicants are required to have a medical examination.

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