Medical control examination
Based on Art. 7 para. 1 and Art. 27 para. 1 VZV, the holders of a driver's license as well as driving instructors and traffic experts must undergo a medical examination by a medical examiner as follows:
Cat. C, D, C1, D1, BPT (professional passenger transport), traffic experts and driving instructors
- Up to the age of 50 every 5 years
- After age 50 every 3 years
- After the age of 75 every other year
All categories
- After the age of 75
- After serious accidental injury or after serious illness
Please note that the new driver's license in credit card format is limited in each case until the next medical checkup.
The examination costs in the amount of CHF 120.00 are at your expense and are to be paid directly to the doctor.
Please bring the examination form to the responsible doctor for the medical check-up.
Increasing the age limit from 70 to 75 years of age as of January 1, 2019
In the following documents, you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the raising of the age limit, divided by type of driver's license:
Driver's license in credit card format
Driver's license card in paper format (blue)
Confidential doctors for medical checkup
Waiver of driver's license
If you wish to waive your right to drive motor vehicles or the categories of driver's license that require the checkup, please complete the waiver and submit it to the Office of Road Traffic along with your driver's license.
Driving a car and dementia
Dementia affects fitness to drive. Affected individuals and their loved ones should address the possibility that driving will eventually become impossible early on. Doctors, physicians and other specialists offer advice and assess whether, from their point of view, fitness to drive is still given.
Read more about this topic in the brochure of the Dementia Liechtenstein Association.