Assessing fitness to drive – what you need to know
Your guide to the National Transport Commission’s updated medical standards for assessing fitness to drive.
In June 2021, the authors published a How to Treat article in Australian Doctor titled ‘Assessing fitness to drive’. Since then, the National Transport Commission has introduced an updated set of medical standards, which came into effect in June 2022.
This article highlights the changes in the updated standards and how they may affect the assessment of fitness to drive in a general practice setting.
