The corresponding document is published on the federal portal of regulatory acts.
The project involves laboratory tests of blood and (or) urine in order to diagnose alcohol consumption only if a psychiatrist-narcologist identifies the symptoms of the disease.
In addition, it was proposed to replace the analysis for the presence of the CDT enzyme in the blood serum with a laboratory test of blood and (or) urine.
Starting November 22, new rules for medical examination of drivers should begin to operate in Russia, which provided for an increase in the volume of research and could lead to an increase in the cost of medical certificates.
In particular, it would be necessary to give urine for the content of 11 types of narcotic substances and blood for the presence of the CDT enzyme, a marker of chronic alcohol abuse.
URA.RU reported that a huge queue formed in the Kurgan drug dispensary from those wishing to receive a medical certificate at the old price, until it increased several times. Hundreds of people gathered in a small room.
The Prosecutor General’s Office called the new rules of medical examination of drivers a mistake of the Ministry of Health.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Health decided to postpone this innovation for six months until July 1, 2020.