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Taxi driver medical in Stirling

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

Who can carry it out

Your own GP only

Only the practice you are registered with can complete this one. You cannot shop around for a cheaper medical, and if your practice is slow to offer appointments that is the timetable you are stuck with, so book early.

What Stirling requires

“It is the policy of the Council that all the applicants for Taxi or Private Hire Car Drivers' Licences, who are suffering from disability or medical condition declared in the application form, are required to undergo a medical examination”
How often: There is no routine medical. It is a self-declaration on the application form: only applicants who declare a disability or medical condition affecting their fitness to drive are required to undergo an examination
Form: No council medical form for everyone - if you declare a condition, your own GP examines you

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Taken from Application for the grant or renewal of a taxi driver's licence - section 3, Medical Conditions, and the council's policy note. 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 Stirling compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Stirling is one of 49 that will only accept your own registered practice, the narrowest option a council can pick.

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 Stirling

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

Every line above is taken from Stirling’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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