Evaluation of Medical Fitness to Drive

•  Persons requesting driving licenses for public transport vehicles and heavy trucks - by the Vehicle Licensing Bureau.
• Repeat traffic offenders and after a period of license invalidation - by the Vehicle Licensing Bureau.
•  Drivers reported by the Israel Police following their involvement in a traffic accident.
•  Drivers reported by the court.
•  Ministry of Defense disabled persons.
• Disabled persons referred by the National Insurance Institution.
• Drug and alcohol abusers and convicted users, referred by the Vehicle Licensing Bureau, the Israel Police and by the IDF licensing authority.
• Drivers reported under section 12B of the Transport Law - Duty of Doctor to Report.
• People with medical problems requesting a license or who already have one - by the Vehicle Licensing Bureau.
• Drivers referred by the Vehicle Licensing Bureau due to their age (regulation 196 of the traffic regulations).
• Testees required to take an audit test by the MARVAD and the board of appeals.

• Summons for the Examination - if the MARVAD receives a report from authorized sources (see below) of an individual, the MARVAD summons that person for a medical fitness test.
  In certain cases, a person referred to the MARVAD to have his/her medical fitness for driving evaluated may be requested by the MARVAD to produce additional information, medical or other, or to undergo tests at the MARVAD, and/or to undergo complementary external tests. This is intended to enable formation of a recommendation based on a thorough, in-depth examination.
• Medical fitness decision - The decision of the Institute regarding medical fitness for driving is a recommendation to the licensing authority.  It is the licensing authority’s responsibility to provide notification to the testee.
• Board of Appeals - An applicant for a driver’s license or a holder of a license who feels that he has been wronged by the institute’s decision, has a right to appeal to the appeals board within 30 days of receiving the decision from the licensing authority (regulation 195A* to the traffic regulations).

Payment for the test is via a legally mandated fee in a process required under the Fundamental Law: State Economy and Budget Fundamentals.  The payment requirement is included in the Transport Regulations (regulation 195B).
The regulations prohibit the MARVAD from granting any exemptions or discounts to the fee.

• For details of the fee amounts and for payment over the Internet (by credit card - possible also via Credit)

It is also possible to pay as follows:

•  At payment booths at the MARVAD (by credit card - possible also via Credit)
• At the Postal Bank (cash only)