How can you get a Uruguayan driver's license?

How to obtain a Uruguayan driver's license:

 
If you have a current driver’s license from a country outside of Uruguay then you can obtain a Uruguayan driver’s license.  You will need to go to the Intendencia de Montevideo at 1360 Avenida 18 de Julio, you will need to take with you:

• Your valid Uruguayan cedula (Identity Card) 
• Your valid passport
• Your current driver's license
• A translation of your driver's license if it is from: Japan, China, Korea, Egypt, or Israel
• Proof that your last entry to Uruguay was less than a year ago (prove with your passport, a migration certificate, or flight ticket).
• A medical exam issued by an approved medical facility (the Intendencia de Montevideo can give you a list of facilities).   Note: there is one just a couple of blocks from the Intendencia de Montevideo (the person at the driver’s license office can direct you there) therefore you can do the exam at the same time you do the drivers license application.

Notes:

• The whole process takes 1-2 hours (depending on if you have done the medical exam prior to arrival) and it is quite easy.
• Online description of Driver's license application process for Montevideo 
• Main driver's license webpage for Montevideo

Process I followed in 2013:

• At the Intendencia de Montevideo follow the signage to the driver's licences section
• Take a number at the counter and wait to be called
• The person at the counter will check your documents and give you a ticket, they will instruct you to go get the medical exam
• Follow the directions you are given to go get the medical exam from the closest facility (take a street map with you and then you can just easily make your way there)
• Take the ticket and the medical exam back to the same driver's license counter - the person will stamp it/process it and give you a paper/ticket to go to the photo section -they will direct to you to the place to go get a photo
• Go to the photo section in the Intendencia de Montevideo, get a number and wait to be called
• When you are called hand over your paper/ticket and get your photo taken 
• Then wait for your name to be called and they will hand you your Uruguayan driver's license!