Your fitness to drive may vary during the validity of your driving licence. Physicians are obliged to notify the police if there are any changes in your fitness to drive.
Traficom checks your fitness to drive when you apply for your first driving licence, upgrade your driving licence category or renew your driving licence.
During the validity of the driving licence, fitness to drive is monitored by the police.
Physicians are obliged to notify the police of any changes in your fitness to drive even if the physician's appointment does not concern your driving licence. A nurse may also notify the police.
When to submit a medical report to the police
- You have received a driving licence for a lorry or a bus/coach before 19 January 2013, and your driving licence is valid until you turn 70. Submit a medical report to the police every 5 years after turning 50, i.e., at the age of 50, 55, 60 and 65. However, you do not need to submit a medical report if you have submitted a statement related to your driving licence or other traffic permit to the police or Traficom within the previous five years. If necessary, check with the license services of the police before visiting a physician.
- A physician has ordered you to submit a medical report to the police earlier than would otherwise be necessary. The reason for the order may be, for example, a high age or an illness requiring monitoring.
- You have been instructed by the police to submit a medical report. The reason may be an observation made by the police in traffic surveillance or a physician's report to the police about your deteriorating health.
Traficom will send you a letter on submitting a medical report to the police in case of options 1 or 2.
Even if you do not receive the letter, you are obliged to provide a medical report. If you do not submit the report in time, the police may impose a driving ban on you.
The letter is accompanied by a preliminary health information form. Complete the form and take it with you to the physician's appointment. The physician will answer your questions about the form. You can also print the preliminary information form at the bottom of the page.
Agree with the physician who will submit the medical report to the police. As the driver, you are responsible for ensuring that the police receive the medical report in time.
For more information on monitoring fitness to drive, please contact the police.
Forms
Preliminäry information form (External link) (in finnish)