LTO to Only Accept Medical Certificates Issued Online by Registered Clinics, Physicians

Before, getting the required medical certificates to either apply for or renew a driver's license was easy--you just had to walk into one of the "medical clinics" conveniently located right beside the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) satellite offices where they'll subject you to the very "rigorous" eye exam and take down your vital stats as dictated by you and that was it. They'll then give you a "medical certificate" which you'll turn over to the LTO to process your license.

Well, that practice is now a thing of the past. That's because according to the LTO--National Capital Region's Facebook page, the agency will only accept medical certificates issued online by medical clinics and practicing physicians who are registered within the LTO's system. The implementation though is staggered and dependent on the region.

So, to be clear, effective January 7, 2019, all LTO licensing sites within the National Capital Region's East and West district and Region 11 will only accept electronically-transmitted Medical Examination Certificates. Regions 5, 4A, 4B, and 7 followed on January 14; Regions 6, 9, and 12 on January 21; Regions 1, 2, and 3 on January 28; and Regions 10, 8, the Cordillera Autonomous Region, and the Caraga Administrative Region on February 4. 

The agency stressed that neither the student permit nor the driver's license will be issued to the applicant/driver if no online medical certificate was transmitted to the LTO.

So, how do you find out which clinics and doctors are registered in the LTO's system?

You can go to the agency's licensing center where a list of the clinics and doctors are on display, or you can simply click on the links below. The LTO has released a list which notes all the doctor's name and the corresponding clinic he or she is attached to, including the doctors' and clinics' location.

Despite the change in process though, the LTO assures everyone that the fee for the medical certificate will not change.

So, if you're planning to apply for a student's permit or a driver's license soon or simply renewing a license that's about to expire, check the links below for the list of the doctors and clinics that are registered with the LTO, depending on your region. As for their location, you'd have to Google it using the clinic's name, at least for now. 

LIST OF ACCREDITED MEDICAL CLINICS AND REGISTERED PHYSICIANS (Last updated by LTO on April 22, 2019)

• REGION 13 : NCR EAST

50 total providers 

• REGION 13 : LTO NCR WEST

65 total providers

• REGION 1

39 total providers

• REGION 2

22 total providers

• REGION 3

52 total providers

• REGION 4A

LAGUNA PROVINCE: 33 total providers

QUEZON PROVINCE: 15 total providers

BATANGAS PROVINCE: 24 total providers

CAVITE PROVINCE: 17 total providers

RIZAL PROVINCE: 10  total providers

• REGION 4B: MIMAROPA

15 total providers

• REGION 5

42 total providers

• REGION 6

29 total providers

• REGION 8

13 total providers

• REGION 9

17 total providers

• REGION 10

44 total providers

• REGION 11

36 total providers

• REGION 12

30 total providers

• REGION 15: CARAGA

30 total providers

Updated by Wilbert Tan on July 5, 2020

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