Today, March 26.3, the Ministry of Health issued the latest instructions to provinces, cities, health departments, and medical examination and treatment units on health examinations.
Previously, the Ministry of Health abolished the administrative procedures of "issuing health examination certificates for drivers" and "periodic health examinations for car drivers". With this abolition, many people believe that individuals do not need a medical examination when taking the test or renewing their driver's license.
The Ministry of Health affirmed that currently, cases of changing driver's licenses still need to be issued with a health examination certificate
According to the latest guidance, the Ministry of Health recently abolished 12 administrative procedures related to health examinations, including: issuing health certificates to seafarers; issue health certificates to drivers; Periodic health checks for car drivers; Issue health certificates to people aged 18 and under; issue health certificates to people who have lost civil act capacity or have no civil act capacity or have limited civil act capacity; Periodic health examination.
According to the latest regulations in the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, the above regulations do not belong to administrative procedures, but are professional processes and techniques.
The Ministry of Health explains that "health examination" and "periodic health examination for car drivers" are medical examinations to determine health status, classify health or detect and manage diseases. Therefore, two administrative procedures "driving health check" and "periodic health check for car drivers" have now been replaced by specialized technical procedures.
Therefore, people who change their driver's license still have to undergo a health examination and need a health certificate.
The Ministry of Health requested the heads of the Departments of Health of 63 provinces and cities; Hospitals disseminate, thoroughly grasp, guide and inspect organizations and individuals under their management authority to seriously implement the regulations in the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023; Decree No. 96/2023/ND-CP; Circular No. 32/2023/TT-BYT; Joint Circular No. 24/2015/TTLT-BYT-BGTVT dated August 21.8.2015, 22; Circular No. 2017/12.5.2017/TT-BYT dated May XNUMX, XNUMX... and related regulations in implementing medical examination and issuance of health examination certificates.
