LTA licence medicals · Singapore
The HMER examination for taxi, private hire and bus licences at Wheelock Place, with an X-ray room on site for the chest X-ray new applicants need. Bring the letter with your QR code.
One digital form for both LTA and the Traffic Police.
The Harmonised Medical Examination Report (HMER) is the single medical form LTA and the Traffic Police use for vocational licences. The doctor opens it from the QR code in your letter, examines you against the standard for your licence class and submits the result digitally to both agencies. You receive an SMS once it is submitted.
New applicants also need a chest X-ray after receiving LTA's Approval to Attend Course letter. Licence holders are called for regular reviews: every two years from age 50 to 64, and every year from 65 to 74.
Why you're here
The letter you received decides the check-up. New applicants come after LTA's Approval to Attend Course letter and need a chest X-ray. Existing holders are called for regular reviews from age 50. Drivers with some medical conditions may need a specialist's memo before the doctor can submit.
Applying for a vocational licence
Once LTA approves your application, you receive an Approval to Attend Course (ATC) letter with the HMER QR code. You then need the medical check-up and a chest X-ray; LTA asks for an X-ray report signed by a radiologist. We take the X-ray on site and provide the radiologist-signed report.
Reviews from age 50
Licence holders aged 50 to 64 are examined every two years, and every year from 65 to 74. Since 2 February 2026, drivers aged 65 and over receive one notification letter a year, from LTA or the Traffic Police, instead of two.
Heart, nerve and other conditions
If you have a condition that can affect safe driving, such as a heart, neurological or mental health condition, bring your specialist's reports. The doctor may need a specialist's memo confirming you are fit to drive before submitting.
Sensory checks
The form checks your vision, including visual fields and colour vision, and your hearing where your licence class requires them. All of these tests are done on site. Bring the glasses, contact lenses or hearing aids you normally drive with.
Who it's for
Vocational licence applicants and holders: taxi and private hire car drivers, bus drivers and bus attendants.
Don't drive against a medical restriction while your result is pending.
Applying for a taxi or private hire car licence, or called for review.
Bus driver's and bus attendant's vocational licences.
Called for review by letter: bring it, with its QR code.
Keep diabetes, blood pressure or heart conditions reviewed between licence checks.
Pre-employment forms that include driving checks.
Your licence medical, step by step
Bring your ATC or notification letter with the QR code, and tell the doctor your licence class and whether it is a new licence or a review.
The doctor takes your history and checks your vision, hearing and general health against the standard for your licence.
If a condition needs a specialist's memo or another test, the submission waits until it is ready. Return to the same doctor unless LTA directs otherwise.
The doctor submits the HMER digitally and you receive an SMS. Keep your letter until the process is complete.
Questions
Bring the letter with the QR code. The form lives inside it.
Keep the letter and the SMS confirmation until your licence process is complete.
The Harmonised Medical Examination Report is the single digital medical form LTA and the Traffic Police use for vocational licences; it replaced their separate forms. The examining doctor opens it from the QR code in your letter, completes it after examining you and submits it to both agencies.
LTA calls licence holders for a medical every two years from age 50 to 64, and every year from 65 to 74. Since 2 February 2026, drivers aged 65 and over receive one notification letter a year instead of two. Always follow the due date in your own letter.
Yes. LTA asks new applicants to have a medical check-up and a chest X-ray after receiving the Approval to Attend Course letter, and to bring a chest X-ray report signed by a radiologist. We take the X-ray on site and provide the radiologist-signed report; tell us when you book that you need the X-ray.
The examination must be done by a Singapore-registered doctor, and you can choose the clinic. Not every clinic offers licensing medicals, so check before you go. We do LTA medicals for taxi, private hire car, bus driver and bus attendant licences at Wheelock Place, with all the tests on site; bring your letter with the QR code.
Bring your latest specialist reports, discharge summaries and medicines list. For some conditions, LTA asks for a specialist's memo certifying that you are fit to drive a public service vehicle, and the doctor can only submit the HMER once it is ready.
The doctor submits the HMER digitally once the assessment is complete, and you receive an SMS confirmation. For new applicants, LTA says it sends a second SMS within three working days if your medical is accepted.
Your letter with the QR code, your NRIC, the glasses, contact lenses or hearing aids you normally use, a list of your medicines, and any specialist memos or reports. New applicants also need a chest X-ray report; tell us when you book if you need the X-ray done.
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Appointments
Bring your letter with the QR code. When you book, tell us your licence class and whether you need a chest X-ray.
