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<\/p>\nDrivers in Ireland are being warned they must declare 23 medical conditions to the NDLS or risk fines and potential criminal penalties under strict licensing rules.<\/p>\n
Drivers are being reminded that failing to report a relevant medical condition could have serious consequences(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Drivers in Ireland are being warned they must report 23 specific medical conditions<\/a> or risk fines and even criminal sanctions.<\/p>\n Under Irish and EU law, motorists <\/a>are required to inform their licencing authority of any long term or permanent illness or injury that could affect their ability to drive safely.<\/p>\n This applies both when applying for a licence and after it has been issued, meaning drivers must update their details if they develop a relevant health condition.<\/p>\n The National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) says a medical report form must be submitted in a number of cases when applying for or renewing a licence.<\/p>\n This includes drivers applying for a learner permit<\/a>, those seeking licences for trucks and buses (categories C and D), as well as anyone aged 75 or over.<\/p>\n It is also required for motorists whose licence carries a code 101 – meaning renewal is subject to a medical report – along with those who have a history of epilepsy or alcoholism<\/a>, or who regularly take medication or drugs that could impair their ability to drive safely.<\/p>\n The medical report form must be completed by a registered doctor<\/a>, signed in their presence and given to the NDLS within one month.<\/p>\n Another key category applies to drivers with certain medical conditions – with the NDLS identifying 23 that must be declared.<\/p>\n While the list is not exhaustive, motorists must disclose these conditions when applying for or renewing their licence, and notify the NDLS if they develop any of them later.<\/p>\n Drivers are being reminded that failing to report a relevant medical condition could have serious consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n The NDLS said<\/a>: “Drivers should be aware that there may be long-term financial, insurance, legal and criminal consequences where there is failure to report a medical condition that may impact on their ability to drive safely to the NDLS and insurance provider.”<\/p>\n The Road Safety Authority of Ireland <\/a>also stressed that drivers have a responsibility to act if they become aware of any issue affecting their ability to drive.<\/p>\n A spokesperson said<\/a>: “You are committing an offence if you carry on driving after you become aware that you are not fit to do so. ‘Awareness’ can be your own awareness – things you notice yourself without being diagnosed by a doctor, e.g. dizziness, fainting etc.”<\/p>\n Want to see more of the stories you love from the Irish Mirror? <\/strong>Making us your preferred source on Google<\/a><\/strong> means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add Irish Mirror as a preferred source, simply <\/strong>click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers in Ireland are being warned they must declare 23 medical conditions to the NDLS or risk fines…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[78],"tags":[5051,5483,715,2675,686,64335,718,18,18329,135,19,17,18862,79877],"class_list":["post-421557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-alcohol","tag-cars","tag-crime","tag-diabetes","tag-doctors","tag-driving-test","tag-drugs","tag-eire","tag-epilepsy","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-parkinsons-disease","tag-road-safety-authority"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116352878284420935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n