Medical certificate for you who work at Scania
What should I bring?
- Authentication ( ID )
- Glasses (if you use it)
- List of medicines, if you take any regularly
Are you going abroad?
Due to the current circumstances with COVID-19, most countries require a current and negative PCR test upon entry. For those of you who work for Scania, we offer these tests and medical certificates in Stockholm. Read more and make an appointment.
Welcome to us at Medical Certificate
We specialize in Traffic Medicine and in collaboration with Scania we help all staff with medical certificates for higher qualifications, truck and bus. Book an appointment with us in Södertälje or Stockholm.
In Södertälje we sit in the same premises as Grönlunds Trafikskola, Lärlingsvägen 1.
When you start driving a truck or bus, you need to do a medical examination including visual examination. This must also be renewed every 5 years from the time you turn 45.
When you visit us, you are allowed to register and fill out a health declaration. Then you meet one of our doctors who tests your vision functions, heart and lungs. We fill in all information digitally and send it to the Swedish Transport Agency. If anything emerges that needs to be followed up, we will refer you to your GP for supplementation.
After the visit, your certificate of vårdguiden.se
Log in with Bank ID and go to "other services" and select "my certificates".
What are the medical requirements for the different driving licence ratings?
The Swedish Transport Agency divides the different driving licence ratings into three groups.
Group I: Includes driving licences AM, A1, A2, A, B and BE and tractor rating
Group II: Includes C1, C1E, C and CE
Group III: Includes D1, D1E, D and DE as well as TAXI
The requirements for the medical examination to obtain a driving licence vary between the different groups and are determined by the Swedish Transport Agency. The requirements are stricter in Groups II and III compared to Group I.
Vision: For Group I, you must at least achieve visual acuity 0.5 when you look with both eyes together. It's OK if you only have a sight on one eye as long as you see at least 0.5. You may have some minor limitations in the field of vision and also a certain degree of double vision, as long as the double vision only occurs when looking to the sides. You may also have some impairment of the ability to see in the dark.
For groups II and III you have to be able to see with both eyes and you need to be able to see at least 0.1 with the worst eye and 0.8 with the best. These permissions also place higher demands on the field of vision and one must not have any type of double vision.
For the medical certificate, glasses or lenses may be used to achieve sufficient visual acuity, but for groups II and III the breaking strength of the visual aid must not exceed 8 dioptries (this is shown in the prescription given by your optician). If you need visual aids to achieve sufficient vision, you must also always use vision aids when driving a vehicle.
Hearing: The competences in Groups I and II do not apply to hearing requirements, so you may have no hearing and still be eligible for such a driving licence. For Group III, you must have sufficient hearing to communicate with passengers, if you need a hearing aid to achieve sufficient hearing, you must use it when driving the vehicle.
Other diseases: Certain diseases and conditions may constitute an obstacle or require more frequent checks for approved medical certificates, in particular for those wishing to hold one of the higher competences. This applies mainly to diabetes (vg see separate section on diabetes), cardiovascular disease, cramp disease and residual conditions after illness. If you have diabetes and want to get a driver's license, it is not a definite obstacle, however, it is necessary that illness is under good control in order for us to be able to issue a medical certificate for diabetes. In these cases, we need to have a dialogue with your treating physician. We are warmly welcome to contact you for questions about this.