About the fitness to drive certificate

• Identity card
• Glasses (if applicable)
• Completed questionnaire
• If you are currently being followed by a specialist, a certificate from that specialist must be provided:
  • Certificate from your ophthalmologist, for serious acute or chronic eye conditions
  • Certificate from your endocrinologist-internist or diabetologist-internist, for diabetes mellitus (when you are taking treatment that can cause low blood sugar levels, such as insulin or hypoglycaemic sulphonamides)
  • Certificate from your cardiologist, for heart and blood vessel conditions (e.g. following a heart attack or with high blood pressure)
  • Certificate from your neurologist, for serious neurological conditions (such as epilepsy)
  • Certificate from CARA (https://www.vias.be/nl/particulieren/cara/ a department of VIAS, for reduction in your functional abilities)
  • Certificate from your psychiatrist, for mental or psychiatric conditions
  • Certificate from your ENT specialist, for dizziness and balance disorders

This concerns drivers with a driving licence for:

• Category C, C+E, D and D+E (subcategory C1, C1+E, D1 and D1+E)
• Category C, C+E and CE: when driving agricultural vehicles (category G) in road construction
• Category B, when using their driving licence for:
  • Taxi services
  • Driving school lessons
  • Car rental services with driver
  • Paid student transport
  • Patient transport by ambulance

The candidate must complete a questionnaire before the medical examination.

Dutch questionnaire

French questionnaire

English questionnaire

During the consultation, a comprehensive eye examination and medical examination are performed. The doctor checks whether the driver meets the legally determined standards.

The occupational physician may deem it necessary to perform additional examinations or referrals. This is discussed during the consultation. The Premed doctor can only make a decision if they have a complete file.

In certain cases, it is necessary for a specialist physician to provide prior positive advice. You bring this advice to the examination.

The fitness to drive certificate is valid for a maximum of five years. The doctor may also limit the validity period. 

From 1 January 2016, for persons aged between 66 and 70 years, the validity period is limited until their 71st birthday. For persons aged between 70 and 75 years, the validity period of the fitness to drive certificate is in any case a maximum of one year.

Which documents should you bring to the municipal office (where you are registered)?
- Identity card
- The fitness to drive certificate for group 2 (and possibly group 1, if applicable) that you received after the medical examination.
- Photographs are not required if you have a recent Belgian identity card (with photo).

A fitness to drive certificate or medical examination is a medical certificate issued by an authorised doctor. In this certificate, the doctor declares that you do not have any physical or mental condition that could endanger yourself or others when driving a lorry, car or other motor vehicle. At www.medischeschifting.be you can get this medical examination.

Article 42 of the Road Traffic Act provides for a safety measure whereby a driver's licence is withdrawn when they are found to be physically or mentally unfit to drive a vehicle. Since the 2018 amendment, this measure is unlimited in time. The forfeiture takes effect immediately upon judgment. This measure is often imposed by the police court and is intended to safeguard road safety.

We therefore do not perform examinations for this purpose.