Traffic police officers have the right to deprive a driver of a driver’s license for taking medications, the list of which is approved by an old government decree. Sergei Radko, lawyer of the social movement of drivers “Freedom of Choice”, told socialbites.ca. He emphasized that this is not valid for the new list of the Ministry of Health, which caused a great reaction from the citizens, but some of the drugs there still comply with the “absent” label.
“In practice this list (More than 200 drugs) can only start working if the Administrative Offenses Law is amended. According to the decision of the Constitutional Court (AYM) dated November 2022, deprivation of rights is only possible today if there are traces of drugs containing narcotics, psychotropic substances or ethanol in the driver’s body. The new list of the Ministry of Health actually includes similar drugs – they are also included in another list of narcotic and psychotropic substances approved by government decree No. 681. For example, they are found in Corvalol and Valocordin, but this is a separate list,” said the automobile lawyer.
According to Radko, many judges previously imposed fines or deprivations of rights based on drug-related instructions; this would have advised avoiding driving after taking the drug. The Constitutional Court’s decision clearly reveals that there are gaps in the law that need to be addressed on this issue. The source notes that two bills have since been proposed that have never been adopted.
“So today we continue to be guided by the fact that a driver can only be held responsible if traces of narcotics, psychotropic substances or ethanol are found in his body. This means that the driver can now safely take medications that do not contain these substances on the Ministry of Health’s new list. Moreover, the inspector has no right to find fault with a driver who is found to have drugs from the new list in the glove compartment,” Radko concluded.
On May 13, the list of more than 200 drugs compiled by the Ministry of Health at the request of the State Duma was published on social networks. The document stated that drivers are prohibited from driving after using these tablets. In particular, they included such popular drugs as Nurofen, Fervex, Antigrippin, Teraflu, Ketanov, Suprastin and Spazmalgon.
Murashko, formerly head of the Ministry of Health commented this list.
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Source: Gazeta
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