Portuguese licence revalidation — medical certificate & expiry rules
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FACT ID · driving-pt-revalidation-medical
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For Group 1 categories (AM, A1, A2, A, B1, B, BE), a medical certificate (atestado médico) is required only from age 60: below 60 the revalidation is administrative and no medical certificate is needed. From 60, the atestado médico attesting fitness to drive is issued electronically by a doctor and transmitted automatically to the IMT (valid six months). Group 2 categories (professional — C, C1, D, D1 and their E variants) require a medical, and where applicable psychological, assessment at every revalidation. A licence expired for a longer period — generally more than two years — additionally requires passing a special driving examination (exame especial).●Verified ·
Issuing authority
IMT — Revalidação da Carta de Condução
Legal instrument
RHLC (DL n.º 138/2012); Código da Estrada, Art. 130.º
Last verified
Review cadence
quarterly
Notes
Answers the frequent "what medical certificate do I need?" question: for an ordinary category B holder under 60, none — it is administrative. The medical is a Group-1-from-60 / Group-2-always requirement. Pair with proof-of-residence and driving-pt-licence-renewal-residence: the medical rule only matters once the residence basis makes an IMT revalidation available.
Change history
Initial captureFor Group 1 categories (AM, A1, A2, A, B1, B, BE), a medical certificate (atestado médico) is required only from age 60: below 60 the revalidation is administrative and no medical certificate is needed. From 60, the atestado médico attesting fitness to drive is issued electronically by a doctor and transmitted automatically to the IMT (valid six months). Group 2 categories (professional — C, C1, D, D1 and their E variants) require a medical, and where applicable psychological, assessment at every revalidation. A licence expired for a longer period — generally more than two years — additionally requires passing a special driving examination (exame especial).
No further changes recorded yet — unchanged since it was first captured.
