Section 1.5 - Eyesight and medical reports

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Section 1 - Before you Drive

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Section 1.5 - Eyesight and medical reports

You can get eyesight and medical report forms from your local motor tax office or from the Road Safety Authority website, www.rsa.ie
A registered doctor or ophthalmic optician must fill in the eyesight report form.
You must then sign it in front of them.
A registered doctor must complete the medical report form.
You must then sign it in front of them.

When you must supply a medical report

Not all applicants need to supply a medical report. However, you must supply one if any of the following statements applies to you.

You are applying for a provisional licence in any of the categories C1, C, D1, D, EC1, EC, ED1 or ED.
You will be 70 years of age or more on the first day the provisional licence is being granted.
You have any of the conditions listed in Appendix 1 at the back of the book.
You are taking drugs or medications that are likely to affect your driving.

Note;

If you suffer from a serious medical condition, for example irregular or abnormally fast or slow heart beat (arrhythmia) that has ever caused you to lose consciousness, then make sure you visit a doctor before you apply for a licence.
You are not allowed to hold a provisional licence if you depend on or regularly abuse mind-altering substances.

Talk to your doctor if you have any doubts about your physical or mental fitness to drive.

You can get full details of the conditions attached to provisional licences on the Road Safety Authority website, www.rsa.ie.