the health Ministry is planning to soon finalize the amendment of the rules of medical examination for drivers. The old procedure for obtaining medical certificates will continue until 2021.
Deputy Minister of health of Russia Oleg Salagay said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the position of agencies on the new rules of the examination match in key moments. The spokesman expressed hope that the issue will soon be discussed “at the level of individual legal act”.
Deputy head of the Ministry of health noted that the new order of information will allow not only to identify the drinkers among drivers, but also give the regions access to a wide range of modern techniques.
Work on changing the rules of medical examination is scheduled to be completed this year, noticed Salagay. The old terms of reference will continue until 2021.
Prepared by the Ministry of health the project of amendments assumes that motorists will have to pass additional tests, if at the time of the examination, the psychiatrist finds the symptoms of alcoholism or drug addiction.
the New rules were to take effect last year, however, the Ministry of health decided to postpone the innovations “concerns of citizens”. Earlier it was reported that the estimated increase in the value of the reference caused a stir among motorists, who began to storm dispensaries to time to execute documents.
