The list of medical contraindications for operation by the driver is reduced

18 January 2019

By professional drivers can be disabled with impaired hearing and musculoskeletal

According to the new decree of the Ministry of health No. 88, dated 8 December 2018, the list of diseases which are denied access to driving, ie not issued the medical certificate to obtain a driving license.
Consultant at the medical examination of the Ministry of health Irina Boldyrev explained a number of new provisions:
– become one of the requirements to obtain a medical certificate to be eligible to drive motor vehicles of category for motorists and professionals.
with disabilities with disorders of the musculoskeletal system, as well as hearing impairment are now also able to work with drivers of category B.
– ordered in terms of compulsory medical re-examination of drivers. In some diseases even increased them. So previously, if you transferred a heart attack of a myocardium was required to obtain a new certificate every year. Now only the first two years annually and then every two years. In addition, for help after a heart attack can now be treated after six months and not wait a whole year earlier. Although it is necessary to show the doctors good health level.
– Pregnant for the permissible period of driving was above 30 weeks.

 the Ministry, however, said that each case will be considered individually. The order of examination will remain the same, as well as approaches to obtaining a driver's medical certificate to drive vehicles of category C (trucks), D (buses) and tractors. In addition, the traffic police wants electronic files of a psychoneurological and narcological dispensaries and medical examination and to catch the owners of the "left" of medical references on the road through a unified database, which will be valid for plateto patrols of traffic police.