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Taxi driver medical in Perth and Kinross

Which doctor Perth and Kinross 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 Perth and Kinross’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

The council does it themselves

You do not arrange this with your GP at all. The council's own doctors carry out the examination, so the appointment comes through them and a medical you have already paid a GP for will not be accepted.

What Perth and Kinross requires

“If your 65th birthday falls on the 3rd year of your renewal then you will be permitted to apply for a 3 year licence and attend a medical on the 3rd year”
How often: No routine medical while you are under 65 and well. From 65 it is an annual medical and your licence drops to one year at a time. You also attend a medical at any age if you declare a medical condition
Form: No form for your own GP - you attend the Council's medical adviser

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Taken from Information Note - Taxi Driver, from 1 April 2026 - the medical, the 65 rule and licence length. 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 Perth and Kinross compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Perth and Kinross is one of only 11 that carry the examination out in-house.

Who may sign it elsewhere in Scotland

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
Dundee	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Edinburgh	The council does it themselves
Aberdeen	The council does it themselves
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Highland	The council does it themselves
North Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Renfrewshire	The council does not say
West Lothian	The council does it themselves
South Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Fife	The council does it themselves
Glasgow	Only a provider the council names
Dumfries and Galloway	The council does it themselves

What it costs to be licensed in Perth and Kinross

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

Every line above is taken from Perth and Kinross’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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