AFTD medical forms

The 2022 Austroads Assessing Fitness to Drive Commercial Medical is the most up to date medical available.

Austroads Assessing Fitness to Drive (AFTD) commercial medical forms are available for heavy vehicle drivers. Select below which medical forms pack you would like download.

These driver medical forms are also accepted by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) for compliance with their fatigue modules and the QLD TMR for heavy vehicle licence renewals.

If you are a TruckSafe member head on over to the Medical Forms & Clinics page to download separate TruckSafe-specific medical forms for staff other than drivers in your business, find a clinic in your area that is familiar with AFTD and TruckSafe medicals for other staff, or other medical services you may be in need of.

More on the Austroads AFTD medicals can be found here.

Medical Forms

AFTD Driver Medical Forms in Word Format

AFTD Driver Medical Forms in PDF Format

Additional Forms, Clinic Registration, and Information

If you are a medical clinic and wish to be listed on the Medical Forms and Clinics page for TruckSafe members, please select the Online Clinic Registration Form tile below and complete online.

Online Clinic Registration Form

Medical Condition Notification Form

Driving and Your Health

Information on AFTD for Commercial Drivers

Heavy vehicle accreditation program requirements for health assessments

HVA Scheme – Fatigue Management TruckSafe Safety Management Systems Western Australia – WHS regulation and Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme

Accredited operators must ensure drivers are certified as fit to drive based on the commercial vehicle driver standards contained in latest edition of Assessing Fitness to Drive (or equivalent agreed by NHVR).

Drivers are required to attend medical examinations to certify fitness to drive:

  • at least every three years for drivers 49 years and under
  • at least yearly for drivers 50 years and over

The assessment must be conducted by a medical practitioner.

As required by Assessing Fitness to Drive, the medical practitioner will recommend
more frequent assessments if required to monitor a health condition that may impact fitness to drive.

Certified members must ensure drivers are certified as fit to drive based on the commercial vehicle driver standards contained in the latest edition of Assessing Fitness to Drive.

Drivers are required to attend medical examinations to certify fitness to drive:

  • at least every three years for drivers 49
    years and under
  • at least yearly for drivers 50 years and over

The assessment must be conducted by a medical practitioner.

As required by Assessing Fitness to Drive, the medical practitioner will recommend
more frequent assessments if required to monitor a health condition that may impact fitness to drive.

WA WHS Regulation 184D requires all commercial vehicle drivers who drive such a vehicle for work to hold a current medical certificate indicating their fitness to drive according to the commercial vehicle driver standards contained in Assessing Fitness to Drive. Employers of such drivers have an obligation under the Regulation to ensure their drivers hold such certification.

The WA Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme has the same requirements for operators under Standard 3 – Fatigue Management.

The assessment for fitness for duty must be conducted by a medical practitioner.

The fitness to drive certificate must be no more than 5 years old.

As required by Assessing Fitness to Drive, the medical practitioner will recommend more frequent assessments (more frequent certification) if required to monitor a health condition that may impact fitness to drive.