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Taxi driver medical in Boston

Which doctor Boston will accept, how often you have to repeat it and which form they want. Councils disagree with each other on every one of those, so this is Boston’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Boston requires

• “All other licence holders will be required to provide a medical certificate every six years thereafter, unless a medical condition warrants examination on a more regular basis, i.e. licence holders with a history of hypertension, sleep apnoea etc”
• How long it lasts: 6 weeks. The council will not accept a certificate signed by the practitioner more than 6 weeks before it is submitted - one of the tightest windows found anywhere, so book the medical late in the process, not first
• How often: At first application, then every six years. Drivers aged over 65 must be assessed annually. More often than six-yearly if a condition (e.g. hypertension, sleep apnoea) warrants it
• Form: The DVLA D4 Medical Examination Report for Group 2 Drivers. The council publishes no medical form of its own; the eye-test section may be completed and signed by an optician if the doctor cannot do it
• Possible exemption: not published. The policy requires the DVLA Group 2 standard of every applicant and mentions no exemption for HGV/PSV/PCV holders. (The PCV/PSV references in section 5.8 are about using coach drivers for private hire bookings, not about medicals.)

Taken from Boston Borough Council Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy (PDF), section 3.11 Medical Examinations. Rules change and councils rewrite their pages without notice, so confirm before you book and pay. If something here is wrong please say and I will check it against the council and fix it.

How Boston compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Boston is one of 105 taking that line, which is the most common arrangement in the country.

Who may sign it in nearby areas

Neighbouring authorities do not follow each other on this, and a certificate accepted in one is regularly refused in the next. Check the area whose badge you actually hold.

Licensing area	Who can carry out the medical
South Holland	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
North Kesteven	Your own GP only
South Kesteven	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
East Lindsey	Any registered doctor with your records
Lincoln	Any registered doctor with your records
Peterborough	Any GMC-registered doctor
Rutland	Any GMC-registered doctor
Fenland	Any GMC-registered doctor
North East Lincolnshire	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in Boston

The medical is one bill among several. See what Boston charges for the driver, vehicle and operator licences, taken from the same published sources.

Every line above is taken from Boston’s own published guidance and read by hand against that source. Nothing here is from trade press, a forum or an estimate. This is not medical or legal advice.

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