The departments on changes to the rules of medical examination for drivers close on key issues, work on the new procedure for obtaining medical references is expected to be completed In the current year, said Last news Deputy Minister of health of Russia Oleg Salagay.

first it was announced that the Ministry of health has developed a draft change in the rules of medical examination for drivers. According to the new procedure, drivers for obtaining a certificate will need to be tested for alcohol only if the psychiatrist identifies symptoms of the disease. The old order of information is maintained until 2021.

He said that the procedure must be balanced - on the one hand, It must allow to identify the drivers of alcoholics, and the reverse, for areas required to be accessible to the maximum possible range of modern techniques.

The Ministry of health of Russia planned from 22 November 2019 to be adjusted in the order of obligatory medical examination of drivers and candidates for drivers, increasing the scope of the study. These plans caused a stir among motorists, the estimated increase in prices of passing the driving examination has led to huge queues in narcological and psychoneurological clinics. Later, the Ministry of health "concerns of Residents" decided to postpone the entry into force of the new order of medical examination for drivers and to conduct additional analysis of the testing methods.



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