Prioritise truck driver health with essential medical checks
By detecting and managing physical, cognitive, or behavioural issues that could impair driving performance, our expert team ensures your drivers maintain the physical and mental fitness needed to operate safely and return home every day.
Our health screening vans and visiting health professionals can perform driver and rail medicals on-site, saving time and hassle. Alternatively, employees can come to one of our clinics.
Benefits of truck driver medicals
- Keep our road network safe
- Improve worker wellbeing and performance
- Meet your WHS goals
- Reduce worker’s compensation claims and insurance fees
- Minimise the risk of absenteeism after injury
- Prevent accidents and maintain a positive brand image
Health conditions that affect safety
- Musculoskeletal conditions
- Cardiovascular disease
- Neurological disorders
- Psychiatric disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Blackouts
- Diabetes
- Vision impairments
- Substance misuse or abuse
Our Fitness to Drive, Trucksafe, and Dangerous Goods driver medicals confirm whether your workers’ health is a safety risk on the road.
Commercial driver medicals
Fitness to Drive medical
Taxi drivers, public transport drivers, couriers and truck drivers are all required to undergo Fitness To Drive medicals. This assessment identifies any health conditions and treatments that may harm a driver’s sensory, cognitive, or motor function while driving.
Dangerous Goods medical
This medical is required for any drivers transporting over 500 litres or kilograms of hazardous items, including toxic or oxidising substances and flammable liquids, gases, or solids. Like the above, this assessment focuses on medical conditions and treatments that may impact the ability to drive safely.
Once these medicals are complete, our specialist practitioner provides a ‘Fitness to Drive’ Report to be submitted as part of your worker’s driver’s accreditation.
Conditional licenses
If our assessment reveals a relevant medical condition, your driver must declare this finding to the relevant authority. This may result in the issuing of a conditional licence that permits driving only under certain terms. For instance, wearing contact lenses to correct poor vision. In other circumstances, drivers may be required to undertake regular medical reviews and submit results to the Driver Licensing Authority. We can provide periodic assessments for these workers.
Frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most common questions we get asked about our truck driver medical assessments.
What are my legal requirements?
All commercial drivers must be certified as medically ‘fit to drive’ by an accredited health professional. We’re skilled and accredited in performing medicals specific to the industry requirements.
Who needs to have a fitness-to-drive assessment?
The following people are required to have a fitness-to-drive assessment:
- Drivers holding or applying for the following licence classes: MR (Medium Rigid), HR (Heavy Rigid), HC (Heavy Combination) or MC (Multi-Combination).
- Drivers authorised or applying for an authority to transport public passengers.
- Drivers authorised or applying for an authority to transport dangerous goods.
Other drivers who must meet the certification criteria of an authorising body or industry standards, such as members of TruckSafe.
What are the medical requirements for truck drivers?
Truck drivers must meet strict medical requirements when it comes to health factors that could pose a significant risk to road safety, including sleep disorders, substance abuse and vision impairments.
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How often should a commercial driver's medical be done?
Commercial driver medicals must be completed every 3 years for drivers under age 50 and annually for those over age 50. Commercial drivers holding a class MC licence or living with certain health conditions must undergo more frequent medical reviews. Contact our team to learn more about your drivers’ specific requirements.