Medical certificate for driving license in 2023
We tell you why you need a medical certificate for a driver’s license, which doctors you need to go through and how to get it in 2022

Why do you need a driver’s license?

A driver needs a medical certificate 003-V / y in several cases:

  • the driver gets his license for the first time;
  • he needs to replace the rights after the expiration date;
  • he was deprived of his license for “drunk driving” and now he is restoring them;
  • if the driver opens a new category;
  • if the driver changes his license ahead of time at his own request;
  • if the driver’s license says that he must regularly undergo a medical examination;
  • some professional drivers due to the requirement of work regulations.

Do you need a medical certificate if you change your rights due to a change in your first name, last name or other personal data? No, here the law clearly defines that such drivers do not need a medical certificate.

How to get a driver’s license

Most often, instructors and teachers of driving schools themselves advise a certain clinic for a medical examination. Moreover, doctors come to many driving schools and some young drivers get the feeling that only they have the right to an examination. This is not true. The driver, no matter for what reason he needs a certificate, is not obliged to undergo an examination only in those clinics that advise driving schools.

You can pass a medical examination in any medical institution – state, municipal or private, which has a license for “a medical examination for the presence of medical contraindications to driving.” But please note that in a private clinic you cannot get the conclusion of a psychiatrist and narcologist. These two specialists will have to go through the state or municipal clinic at the place of residence. A list of such organizations is easy to find on the websites of the regional Ministry of Health.

That is why you first need to get certificates from a narcologist and a psychiatrist, and then go with them to any clinic to undergo a basic medical examination.

Each doctor issues his certificate, the candidate collects them, and then takes them to the therapist at the final appointment. The therapist is already filling out a general certificate.

Which doctors do you need to go to get a certificate

The list of doctors depends on the category of rights you wish to obtain.

Categories A, A1, M

Motorcyclists need to go through a therapist, an ophthalmologist, a psychiatrist and a psychiatrist-narcologist. Please note that if the ophthalmologist admits that you do not see well without glasses, then there will be a corresponding note in your rights.

Categories B, B1, BE

To drive cars, you need to go through a general practitioner, an ophthalmologist, a psychiatrist and a psychiatrist-narcologist.

Category C, C1, CE

To drive trucks, you need to see a general practitioner, an ophthalmologist, a psychiatrist, a narcologist, a neurologist, an otolaryngologist, and an electroencephalogram.

Categories D, D1, DE

You will not be allowed to drive a bus without the signature of a therapist, ophthalmologist, psychiatrist, psychiatrist-narcologist, neurologist, otolaryngologist and electroencephalography results.

Categories Tm, Tb

The same applies to drivers of trams and trolleybuses: therapist, ophthalmologist, psychiatrist, psychiatrist-narcologist, neurologist, otolaryngologist and electroencephalography.

Validity period for driver’s license

A driver’s license certificate is valid for exactly one year from the date of issue.

How much does it cost to get a driver’s license

The law does not restrict clinics in any way. The price may vary depending on the region and city. The average cost of such a certificate usually does not exceed 2000 rubles.

Where to get a driver’s license

A certificate is issued in the same place where you undergo a medical examination – that is, in any state, municipal or private clinic that has a license.

Do not forget that you can get a psychiatrist and narcologist only in special state clinics. First, get certificates from these specialists, and then go with them to any clinic for a basic medical examination. There you will be given a certificate of form 003-V / y.

Popular questions and answers

What diseases should not be driven?

You should not drive a vehicle in almost all mental disorders, including schizophrenia, neurotic and personality disorders, as well as disorders caused by the use of alcohol, drugs, epilepsy, blindness in both eyes and achromatopsia.A complete list of diseases with which one cannot count on obtaining rights is contained in the Decree of the Government of Our Country No. 1604 “On the lists of medical contraindications, medical indications and medical restrictions on driving a vehicle.”

Do I need a medical certificate for an inspection?

A complete list of documents required for maintenance is indicated in Art. 17 of the Federal Law No. 170 of 01.07.2017 “On the technical inspection of the vehicle”. It consists of only two items:

● civil passport or other identity card of the owner of the vehicle;

● passport or vehicle certificate.

Who should be tested for drugs and alcohol when obtaining a driver’s license?

This change is effective March 1, 2022. It concerns those who are just going to get a license, as well as some existing drivers (we will talk about them below). Here’s who needs to pass urine for the presence of psychoactive substances (in other words, drugs) and chronic alcohol use:

– when passing the commission of a psychiatrist-narcologist, the doctor suspected something was wrong (diagnosis of drug addiction or alcoholism) and sent you for analysis;

– the driver was previously deprived of his license due to drunk driving, and now he has to re-obtain a document.

Analyzes are paid. The test costs 300 – 500 Euro.

If you managed to pass a medical examination before March 1, 2022 (that is, before the introduction of new rules), then your certificate for obtaining is valid for 12 months from the date of issue. When replacing the planned replacement of a driver’s license (it has expired), they will not be forced to take a drug test.

How to get a certificate if you are registered with a narcologist?

– According to Decree of the Government of the Federation No. 1604 “On the lists of medical contraindications, medical indications and medical restrictions on driving vehicles”, persons diagnosed with mental disorders and behavioral disorders associated with the use of psychoactive substances are not allowed to drive vehicles (until the dispensary is terminated observations in connection with persistent remission (recovery), explains lawyer in civil and administrative law.It is impossible to obtain a medical certificate of admission to driving vehicles while registered with a narcologist. Only after a person is deregistered can he apply for it. The validity of the registration depends on the classification: medical examination – 3 years, prevention – 1 year, substance abuse and drug addiction – 5 years.

Obtaining a certificate in contravention of the law is subject to criminal liability.

– If a person “bypassed” received a certificate and submitted it to government agencies, then his actions fall under Art. 327 of the Criminal Code of the Federation, according to which the use of a forged official document granting rights or releasing from obligations is punishable by restriction of freedom for a term of up to one year, or by forced labor for a term of up to one year, or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.

Is there any chance that without long-term relapses, a person with a mental disorder will be allowed to get a license?

“A number of diseases imply a chronic and protracted course, for example, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, etc. At the same time, a relapse can occur even several years after the absence of symptoms,” explains psychiatrist, psychotherapist Andrei Sedinin. – Often, dissatisfaction arises among those who sought treatment many years ago, could even forget about it, and the diagnosis was made, implying a lifelong course of the disease. In addition, even if there are no symptoms, a person can take medication. Almost all psychotropic drugs have in the annotation the phrase “one should refrain from engaging in potentially hazardous activities that require increased attention and a high speed of psychomotor reactions.”

Can drugs or food give a positive drug test?

“Medications may not contain the drug itself, but a substance that, when decomposed, can form its derivative, included in the list of prohibited ones,” explains narcologist Maria Egorova. – The list of drugs that should be discarded if the doctor has not prescribed them to you is small: Nurofen plus, Coldrex Night, Loraine, Hexapnevmin, Fervex, Teraflu, Codelac, Amiksin, Pentalgin-N, Ketanov, Solpadein, Caffetin, Terpinkod, Tavegil, Valoserdin, Corvalol, Valocordin, Tizin and Anafranil. Do not eat poppy seed buns before going to the doctor. As practice shows, if you eat such a bun, then the test strips will show the presence of prohibited substances, but if you do a chemical-toxicological analysis (urine), it will already show the opposite, the narcologist explains.

Can colorblind people drive?

– Now, of all the anomalies of color perception, only achromatopsia is a contraindication to driving, i.e. when a person distinguishes only shades of black, white and gray. Among other contraindications to driving:

● visual acuity below 0,6 in the best eye and below 0,2 in the worst eye with tolerable correction;

● condition after refractive surgery on the cornea or other refractive surgery within one month;

● chronic disease of the membranes of the eye, accompanied by a significant impairment of the function of vision, persistent changes in the eyelids, paresis of the muscles of the eyelids;

● persistent diplopia due to strabismus;

● spontaneous nystagmus when the pupils deviate 70 degrees from the middle position;

● limiting the field of view by more than 20 degrees in any of the meridians;

● blindness.

All of them are spelled out in Decree of the Government December 29, 2014 N1604 with additions of August 3, 2019.

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