Queensland Medical Certificate for Driving: When You Need One

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In Queensland, you need a Medical Certificate for Motor Vehicle Driver (form F3712) when you have a permanent or long-term medical condition that is likely to affect your driving, or when Transport and Main Roads (TMR) asks for one. Your doctor or other health professional completes it after assessing you and recommends whether you are fit to drive, including any conditions. You must tell TMR about the condition as soon as you become aware of it, and that applies to learners too. Most learners never need one: it is only for people with a condition that could affect safe driving.

This page explains the licensing process. Whether your condition affects your driving is a question for your doctor.

When a Queensland learner needs a medical certificate

You have a permanent or long-term condition that is likely to affect your ability to drive safely, and you are applying for your learner licence or already hold one.
An existing condition changes or gets worse. You must notify TMR of the change too.
TMR asks for one after you declare a condition or after a health professional notifies TMR.

Temporary conditions generally don’t need to be reported unless they become long-term, but you must still not drive if you are unfit to.

The duty applies to anyone driving in Queensland, including people with a licence from another state or country.

Getting the F3712 completed: step by step

Get the form. You can pick up a hard copy at a transport and motoring customer service centre.
Book a medical assessment with your doctor, and take the form with you.
Your health professional completes it. The certificate gives TMR a recommendation on your fitness to drive and can include conditions or restrictions for your licence.
Lodge it with TMR as the form or TMR instructs.
TMR decides whether you can hold your learner licence with no conditions, with conditions, or not yet.

Conditional licences in Queensland

The certificate can recommend conditions or restrictions, and TMR can put them on your licence. You must follow every condition on your licence, and if your licence needs a current medical certificate, keep it up to date.

What if you don’t notify TMR?

TMR says failing to notify it of a condition can lead to a maximum court-imposed penalty of more than $10,000 and your licence may be cancelled.

Can health professionals tell TMR?

Yes. Health professionals can notify TMR online about a patient’s condition. Unlike South Australia and the Northern Territory, though, Queensland places the main legal duty to report on the driver. Compare: South Australia health professional reporting and Northern Territory mandatory medical reporting.

Common questions

Do I need a medical certificate for ADHD or autism?

Only if the condition is likely to affect your driving. TMR has clarified that autism alone does not trigger reporting. Ask your doctor and declare honestly if unsure.

Does my supervisor need a medical certificate?

Only if their own licence requires one. Drivers aged 75 and over in Queensland must carry a current medical certificate when they drive, so an older supervisor may need one.

I’m on medication for a short illness. Do I report it?

Generally no, as temporary conditions don’t need reporting unless they become long-term. Don’t drive if the medicine affects you. See drug driving and medicinal cannabis.

Related guides

Sources

Queensland Government, “When you must tell us about your medical condition”, Department of Transport and Main Roads, last updated 1 July 2025 (qld.gov.au)
Queensland Government, “Medical fitness to drive” (qld.gov.au)
Queensland Government, “Information for health professionals” (qld.gov.au)
Department of Transport and Main Roads, “Medical Certificate for Motor Vehicle Driver” (F3712) (support.transport.qld.gov.au)
Department of Transport and Main Roads, “Fitness to drive in Queensland” media statement (tmr.qld.gov.au)