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Taxi driver medical in Dundee

Which doctor Dundee 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 Dundee’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

Your own practice is the straightforward route, but another doctor can do it if they have had full access to your medical history. Private clinics that request your records can qualify. One that examines you without them cannot.

What Dundee requires

“I CERTIFY that I have this day examined the applicant, who has signed this form in my presence and who, in my opinion, meets the medical standards for a Group 2 Licence as outlined in the Guide to the Current Medical Standards of Fitness to Drive issued by Drivers Medical Group, DVLA, Swansea”
How often: Required on first application - the licence is not issued until the signed certificate is produced. Dundee publishes no renewal cycle, no age trigger and no re-examination interval
Form: 'Dundee City Council Medical Certificate - Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver' (published as Taxi Drivers Medical Form / Private Hire Car Driver Medical Form). You do not download and take it yourself: the council sends the certificate out once you have applied

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Taken from Dundee City Council Medical Certificate - Taxi/Private Hire Car Driver: the certificate the doctor signs, setting the DVLA Group 2 standard. 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 Dundee compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Dundee is one of 61 that will take another doctor provided they have had your full records.

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
Fife	The council does it themselves
Angus	Any GMC-registered doctor
Perth and Kinross	The council does it themselves
Clackmannanshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
East Lothian	Only a provider the council names
Edinburgh	The council does it themselves
Midlothian	Any GMC-registered doctor
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Aberdeenshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
Aberdeen	The council does it themselves
Moray	The council does not say
Shetland Islands	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Dundee

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

Every line above is taken from Dundee’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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