What is a driver's health certificate?

A driver's medical certificate is a document certifying that a person's medical condition allows him or her to drive the relevant category of vehicle.

Who needs a medical certificate?

A medical certificate is compulsory:

• To get your first driving licence
• Changing your driving licence
• Renewing a driving licence after its expiry
• Getting your driving licence back after it has been withdrawn

What do I need to do to get a driver health certificate?

To get a driver's health certificate, you need:

• Register for a GP appointment
• Bring your ID and driving licence (if you have one) to the visit
• Complete the Driver's Declaration of Honour and the questionnaire on obstructive sleep apnoea
• Have a health check by your GP.
• If your GP decides it is necessary, additional tests will be carried out by other specialists
• Once all the necessary test results and conclusions have been obtained, the family doctor will issue the driver's health certificate

How long is a driver's medical certificate valid for?

The validity of a driver's medical certificate depends on the age of the driver and the category of vehicle driven:

• Group I (categories A, AM, B): 10 years
• Group II (categories C, D): 2 years
• For people aged 65 and over: 5 years (categories C, D) 2 years (categories A, B)
• For people aged 80 and over: 2 years

What is the procedure for checking drivers' health?

The following tests are carried out as part of the driver health check:

• Consultation with a psychiatrist
• Consultation with a family doctor
• Measuring arterial blood pressure and heart rate
• Nervous system screening
• Assessment of vision and hearing function
• Listening to heart tones and lungs
• Nasopharyngeal assessment

When can a driver's medical certificate be withheld?

A driver's medical certificate may be withheld or restricted if the person has been diagnosed with:

• Poor transport
• High blood pressure
• Hearing problems
• Epilepsy
• Severe lung or heart disease
• Mental disorders

Health screening: what you need to know?

To get health certificate for work, you must have:

• Personal medical booklet (F No 048/a)filled in by the employer according to your competence. If you are not yet employed, you will need medical certificate form for compulsory health checks (F No 047/a).
• Proof of identity.
• Form 047/a; 048/a completed by the employer or his representative, which specifies occupational risk factors.

In the person's medical book must specify:

• Your name and length of service in your profession in years.
• Harmful factors in the working environment and their quantities or magnitudes in your workplace.

Health check by a general practitioner. During the examination, the doctor:

• They will assess your overall health.
• They will survey you and collect data about your illnesses.
• Measure your blood pressure.
• It will listen to your heart tones and lungs.
• They will assess your hearing and eyesight.
• It will assess your mental and nervous system activity.
• Take blood tests (general and biochemical).
• If necessary, they will order additional tests (cardiac electrocardiogram or chest X-ray).

Why do I need a health certificate to work?

Only people who have had a timely health check can work in the companies. Employee's health certificate (also known as a health booklet) must be submitted to the employer. During an inspection by the Labour Inspectorate, the employer will have to prove that its employees are healthy, have regular health checks and keep their health certificates up to date.

The employer shall draw up a list of workers who are required to undergo health checks and set a schedule of health checks. This schedule shall be communicated to the workers and its compliance monitored.

Health checks are carried out to:

• Make sure that people can do the job in question under specific working conditions.
• Prevent or diagnose occupational diseases as early as possible and provide the right treatment in time.
• Protect workers' health from potential exposure to occupational hazards (injuries and Mr.).

Health certificate for the issue of a weapons permit: what do I need to know?

To obtain a firearms licence, you must undergo a preventive health check and obtain a special certificate. Here is an overview of the steps required to obtain this certificate.

Registration:

• Please register for a gun permit health check by calling +370 635 53355.
• When you arrive for the check, please bring:
  • Proof of identity.
  • Personal profile (issued by the municipality if you are retired, unemployed or plan to buy a gun for self-defence).
  • Extracts of medical records:
    • From your family doctor (form 027/a) for 5 years.
    • From the Mental Health Centre (form 027/a):
      • For the first authorisation, for a period of 10 years.
      • Continuation of the authorisation - for a period of 5 years.
    • From the Centre for Addiction Diseases (form 027/a) (for persons declaring their place of residence in Kaunas city/region).
• The person shall complete and sign the 'Declaration of Honour of the person applying for a gun licence' before the check.

Health screening:

• The patient is referred to a psychiatrist and a psychologist.
• Once these specialists have given their assessments, the patient is referred to a family doctor.
• The family doctor or the members of the medical advisory board shall record their final conclusion 'Can/cannot obtain a gun licence due to health reasons' in the 'Personal health record' (form 025/a) and in the 'Personal compulsory medical examination card' (form 049/a).

Issuing a certificate:

• The compulsory personal health check-up card (form 049/a) is registered and given to the patient.
• The patient shall present this card to the body issuing the gun permit.