The Ministry of Health is seeking comments on a draft circular regulating health standards and medical examinations for drivers and operators of specialized motorbikes; Periodic health check-ups for car drivers.
According to this draft, the Ministry of Health clearly states that the responsibility of drivers and operators of specialized motorbikes is to provide complete and truthful information about their health status, medical history, and diseases and to bear Responsible before the law for information provided during health examination.
Drivers and operators of specialized motorbikes must proactively re-examine their health after treatment for illness or accident.
The draft also states that car drivers must comply with periodic and irregular health examination requirements of the state management agency in charge of health or the state management agency in charge of transportation of Vietnam Road Administration. Nam, Department of Transport of provinces and centrally run cities) or of the employer.
Health examinations for drivers and operators of specialized motorbikes will be performed at medical facilities that have been licensed to operate medical examination and treatment according to the provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023.
Also according to the draft, people with diseases such as acute mental disorders have been completely cured but not for 24 months; epileptic; double vision; night blindness; have a history of diabetic coma within 1 month... will not be eligible to drive.
For drivers in groups 1 and 2 (A1, B1, B), if they suffer from diseases such as chronic mental disorders and cannot control their behavior; motor paralysis of two or more limbs; Disorders of recognition of 3 basic colors: red, yellow, green... will not be eligible to drive.
