Medical examination for a driver's license in 2021: how and where to go?

What specialists does a driver need to undergo?

For all types of categories, the conclusion of the following specialists is required:

therapist,
psychiatrist
ophthalmologist,
narcologist.

IMPORTANT !!! A visit to a neurologist for categories “A”, “B” or “M” is made when there is an appropriate referral from a therapist. For “C” or “D”, the passage of such a specialist is mandatory. In addition, you will need to provide the results of an examination by an otolaryngologist and the electroencephalography procedure.

Tests to detect the presence of psychoactive drugs in the urine and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in the blood are taken only when directed by a narcologist.

A visit to a psychiatrist or narcologist can only be done at a government institution at your place of residence. Some medical clinics offer these specialists to study with them, but this violates the requirements of current legislation, so a certificate obtained in this way will not be considered valid. Female drivers are also required to undergo a gynecological examination.

What documents are required to undergo a medical examination?

Before going to a medical facility to obtain a medical certificate, you should collect some documents. Here they are:

passport;
military ID;
two 3x4 photographs.

It is advisable to undergo fluorography in advance, because such rooms are not available in all hospitals. Women will need to be examined by a gynecologist, because if there is a pregnancy, they will have to provide confirmation that it is progressing normally.

Psychiatrists and narcologists see you only in specialized clinics.

Subtleties of obtaining a medical certificate

To obtain a medical certificate to replace your license, you will need to follow several steps in succession:

Visit to the medical center to undergo a commission.
Registration of a medical card.
If you want to open more than one category, you must inform the doctor about this in advance. The list of specialists required to pass will directly depend on the category for which the driver is applying.
Go through all the specialists listed in the list and get the results of the examination.
Carry out a visit to the narcological and psychoneurological state dispensary, about which you will receive a corresponding entry in the medical record.
They will return to the therapist and wait to receive a medical certificate.
Provide a medical certificate to the Traffic Inspectorate.

The validity of this document is limited and equal to one year. It will be valid throughout the year, even if the driver applied to the Traffic Inspectorate on the last day. If previously such a document had a longer validity period, then from this year it has lost its validity. The driver will have to undergo a medical examination again. The price of a medical certificate may vary significantly in each region, but usually up to 3,000 rubles are required to obtain it.

Changes

One of the changes affecting the document in form 003-В/у is the validity period. In 2021, a medical certificate is typically valid for 12 months. Even on the very last day of validity of the document, you can contact the traffic police. Medical certificates issued previously were valid for 2 and 3 years, but now such documents are no longer valid.

The new certificate 003-В/у contains less information; it fits entirely on one side of half a landscape sheet. The changes made to the form are as follows:

there is no place for the previously obligatory photograph;
the field for specifying the validity period has been removed;
The fields that were filled out by highly specialized specialists have disappeared; since 2016, they have recorded the results of the examination in the medical record, and from it the therapist transfers the information to the form;
a complete table of categories and subcategories of transport has been added (in the old certificate, fields were available only for categories A, B, C, D and E);
a table has been added to record medical restrictions on driving certain vehicles (for example, it is prohibited to drive a motorcycle if you have poor eyesight or the absence of 2 phalanges on the thumb);
a table has been added for medical indications for driving vehicles (for example, with manual controls);
a field has been added for the full name and signature of the doctor who issued the certificate;
the field indicating the place of residence has been replaced with “Place of registration”.

Currently, you can get a medical certificate in any region of Russia, but you can see a psychiatrist and narcologist only at the place of permanent or temporary registration.

Prohibition to drive vehicles

Based on the examination, one can judge the health status of the driver of the vehicle. The presence of certain diseases may be a contraindication for granting access to drive a car.

These include:

mental illness,
behavioral disorders,
madness,
affective type of disorders,
the presence of a delusional obsessive state,
achromatopsia,
personality disorder,
schizotypal types of disorders,
epileptic disease,
mental retardation,
changes in the body caused by stress,
somaform disorders,
poor vision or blindness in both eyes,
mental type of disorders associated with taking psychoactive drugs.

IMPORTANT !!! There are also some diseases that may limit driving of one or another type of transport.

Indications for driving a manually controlled car include the following diseases:

amputation of the stump on both hips,
change in the configuration of the foot, significantly complicating its movement,
leg paralysis,
significant impairments that create difficulties in moving and performing certain functions of one of the limbs,
leg cut,
persistent changes in the configurations of the lower extremities, in the vertebral part or pelvic area,
the presence of extensive non-healing ulcers on the legs.

Automatic transmission is recommended for motorists with the following illnesses:

absence of several phalanges of the thumb on the hand,
significant deformation of the upper limb,
change in the configuration of the foot or hand,
immobility of several fingers on the left hand, as well as their absence,
both legs or one of them are missing,
hemiplegia.

If you are blind, it is recommended to drive a car equipped with an acoustic parking system. Some drivers are allowed to drive only with special devices, such as lenses or glasses, since without them the degree of visual acuity does not allow driving. If you have ear disease, you are allowed to use a machine with devices to compensate for hearing loss.

What are the restrictions?

Some categories may have their own prohibitions or partial restrictions that will not allow a motorist to obtain permission to drive a car.

For driving vehicles of categories “A” “B1” “M” the following restrictions apply:

persistent diplopia due to strabismus or etiology,
chronic damage to the eye membranes,
spontaneous nystagmus, accompanied by pupil deviation up to 70 degrees,
visual acuity is below 0.6 in the best eye and 0.2 in the worst eye,
residual manifestations of damage to the nervous system organs,
violation of movement coordination,
inflammatory damage to the structures of the inner ear,
diseases of the inner ear, characterized by an increase in the volume of endolymph.

For categories “C”, “CE”, “D” or “DE”, driving restrictions may include:

poor vision or blindness in one eye,
persistent simultaneous presentation of 2 images of the same object or horizontal displacement of the image due to strabismus or etiology,
absence of legs or feet on them,
traumatic changes in configuration and other defects of the bony part of the skull, when neurological symptoms are present,
difficulty understanding spoken language in one or both ears,
absence of an arm or hand,
short height, which is 150 cm,
chronic diseases of the eye shell and some others.

What has changed in 2021 in legislative acts

If the certificate has already been received, reissuing the certificate is not necessary. The next medical examination will need to take place after the expiration of the license period.

Patrol officers do not have the right to demand a certificate in the cases discussed below:

passing a technical inspection,
replacing an ID when changing personal data,
when stopping and checking documents along the route,
recovery of documents that were lost or stolen,
replacing a document that has become unusable.

When a traffic police officer stops a car, the driver is not required to present a medical certificate, since its availability can be easily checked through the database. A vehicle driver's license has a limited validity period. If he delays the replacement of his license by even one day, he will face severe punishment. The fine for driving with an expired license will be up to 15,000 rubles. In this case, the car may be taken to a fine yard. When a car owner transfers control to a driver with an expired or invalid license, the fine will be significantly less. It is equal to 3,000 rubles.

When does a driver need to obtain a medical certificate with a new validity period?

When the validity of the medical certificate has expired, the driver will need to obtain a medical certificate if he plans to obtain or replace or return a driver’s license (based on paragraph four of the Procedure for conducting mandatory medical examination, approved by order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation dated June 15, 2015 No. 344n, as well as information from the Ministry of Health RF dated March 21, 2021 and paragraph one of Article 23 of Law No. 196-FZ).

Honey. A driving certificate, valid for one year, will be required in the following cases:

when passing driving license exams;
the need to return the driver's license after the expiration of the period of deprivation of rights, if a mandatory medical examination is required by law;
return the driver's license after serving a sentence in the form of deprivation of the right to occupy relevant positions or engage in certain types of activities (if the driver was deprived of the right to drive a vehicle);
before replacing a driver's license due to its expiration;
if necessary, confirm relevant changes in health status, if restrictions and contraindications to driving a vehicle were previously identified.

Note! Medical examination is carried out at the expense of vehicle drivers or candidates for the position of vehicle drivers.

When should you contact the State Traffic Inspectorate to replace your license?

Every motorist must know when it is time to change his license:

upon expiration of the validity period,
if the text is lost or unreadable,
when your health condition deteriorates sharply,
when there are changes in personal data,
to open a new or additional category,
if a motorist wishes to change his license without specifying the reasons.

The last point became possible only this year. Many drivers took advantage of this with a poorly taken photo, unattractive license numbers, and poor quality printing on the plastic. When replacing your license, a medical certificate is very important. Without it, obtaining a new certificate is impossible. The replacement of rights is carried out at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate after submitting the required set of documents.

You can apply for a replacement license:

in person at the traffic police department,
online through the State Services portal,
at the MFC office.

Providing a package of documents to the traffic police will take about an hour, while submitting an application and making an appointment through State Services will allow you to immediately pay the state fee. The time frame for replacing your license at the MFC office will be about a week. The package of documents submitted by the driver must be sent to the traffic police.

Where does the replacement take place?

The state authority that resolves all issues related to a driver’s license is the traffic police. This is where new and lost documents are issued. Today, there are several options to apply. Separately, we can highlight the use of MFC.

It is worth remembering that since the MFC does not independently resolve issues, but is only an intermediary, it will take more time to receive and process the request. In this regard, it is not recommended to contact such centers when the deadline for replacing a driver’s license is already close to the end.

IMPORTANT !!! You are allowed to submit an application to any traffic police department, regardless of your place of registration and residence.

In 2021, you can restore a lost driver's license in the following ways:

Thus, there are 3 main ways to replace a driver’s license:

by submitting all documents to the MFC. The center does not independently provide services and acts as an intermediary. The average waiting period will be from 1 to 2 weeks;
Go to the nearest traffic police department yourself. On a first-come, first-served basis, you will have to wait for a free inspector to submit an application to him. In practice, few people use this method because of its inconvenience;
pre-registration through government services. In this case, all documents and applications are completed in advance and there is no need to waste time on this during the application itself. In addition, the system automatically selects the time for which recording occurs. Due to the precise timing, you won’t have to wait in line and just arrive 10 minutes before.

What is included in the package of documents?

When replacing a replacement, you must carefully prepare a complete package of documents.

It should include:

photocopy of Russian citizen's passport,
previous driver's license,
statement,
medical certificate,
document confirming payment of state duty,
3 matte photos size 3x4,
driver's card from a driving school.

IMPORTANT !!! An international license on a plastic base will require payment of a state fee in the amount of 2,000 rubles. If the driver receives a license on paper, then the cost of the state fee will be 500 rubles.

At the beginning of this year, there was a large surge of motorists seeking to replace their old licenses with new ones. The reason for this turned out to be banal. A myth has begun to circulate among the population of the country that when replacing a certificate, a retake of the theoretical part of the test will be required.

Driver's medical certificate

The vehicle is recognized at the legislative level as a source of increased danger.
Therefore, it is quite natural that when obtaining a license, you need to make sure that the person driving the car does not have any serious health problems that exclude the possibility of his appearance on the road. A driver's medical certificate confirms the absence of contraindications for driving a vehicle. The restrictions that prevent you from driving a car are established at the legislative level by the Government of our country. To assess the possibility of allowing a driver to operate a vehicle, a number of specialized medical specialists are involved.

How has the medical certificate changed this year?

The new medical certificate has become significantly different from the old document. The shortened form of the new certificate is due to the elimination of fields filled in by doctors. Now this information remains in the medical record. The finished certificate is in A5 format. All categories of driver’s licenses are included in it at once, so you can undergo the examination in a convenient format. This year it became possible to issue the form at a location other than the place of registration. You only need to see a narcologist and a psychiatrist at your place of registration.

How long does it take for a driver to obtain a medical certificate in 2021?

If you dedicate one day to this activity, that should be enough. Typically, an hour is spent at the primary health center and another half an hour at each of the dispensaries. That is, if the institutions are not far away, you can do it in half a day. As practice shows, in one working day you can obtain a medical certificate and then change your driver’s license.

Perhaps some drivers have a desire to buy a driver’s medical certificate - however, even without any criminality, going through doctors takes a little time and does not cause any complications.

Last update: 04-09-2020

Where to do it?

Among the advantages of such institutions when undergoing a medical examination, it is necessary to highlight the comfort of the visit and the opportunity to go through all the specialists in one day. The cost of services in such establishments is quite high, but the speed of the procedures sometimes compensates for this disadvantage.

The law does not provide for the imposition of administrative liability for the driver not having a medical card with him. Even if the medical document is expired or does not exist at all, the motorist will not face anything for this. If a patrol officer issues a ticket for this offense, he is acting unlawfully. The inspector's action can be challenged in court. Information about the presence of a certificate can be displayed in the document, then the driver is required to carry this document with him. When medical institutions issue a medical certificate unlawfully, they face a fine of 50,000 rubles.

Can they be fined if there is no certificate?

A medical certificate from the traffic police to replace your license is of great importance.

Drivers who have a license but do not have a certificate face certain penalties:

If there is no document, the driver will be fined 2,500 rubles;
If it is discovered that the document contains false information, the motorist will be fined in the amount of 30-50 thousand rubles;
If the driver decides to buy a medical certificate from the traffic police to replace his license, then in this situation not only he, but also the clinic employee who committed the offense will be punished.

If the certificate is not available when replacing the license, the driver will simply be sent to get it.