Area: Promet
Competent authority: MZ, MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 942
Initiative accepted and completed: '2020-05-28'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2019-04-15'
Initiative published: '2019-04-15'
Initiative submitted: '2019-04-11'
Response from the competent authority: "Answer from the Ministry of Health:The assessment\
  \ of fitness to drive motor vehicles is regulated by the Drivers Act and, in more\
  \ detail, by the Regulations on the Medical Conditions of Drivers of Motor Vehicles\
  \ (hereinafter: the Regulations). This legislation was also amended a few years\
  \ ago in the field of vision, in a way that is more favourable, at least for some\
  \ drivers (depending on their dioptres and, of course, associated diseases).The\
  \ Regulations do not require a reassessment of fitness for vision for drivers with\
  \ dioptres of up to +/-2 and no other vision problems and, of course, no other health\
  \ problems. These persons are issued with a medical certificate without any limitation\
  \ of validity and therefore do not need to undergo a medical examination for the\
  \ renewal of their driving licence in the future. They must, of course, ensure that\
  \ they themselves have regular sight tests with an ophthalmologist and that they\
  \ regularly use the prescribed visual aids. This means that lower dioptres are no\
  \ longer a reason to restrict the validity of a medical certificate and thus of\
  \ a driving licence.Drivers with dioptres greater than +/-2 and less than +/-5 who\
  \ have no other vision problems (and of course no other health problems that would\
  \ require more frequent follow-up) can only be examined by a specialist in occupational,\
  \ transport and sports medicine for the renewal of their driving licence up to a\
  \ maximum of every five years or, in the case of a stable refractive error, every\
  \ ten years. The specialist in occupational, transport and sports medicine may also\
  \ decide to assess driving capacity more frequently, but in this case he or she\
  \ must justify his or her decision in writing in the medical records.In the case\
  \ of persons with dioptres greater than +/-5 or other visual problems, driving capacity\
  \ must be determined by a specialist in occupational, transport and sports medicine\
  \ on the basis of a focused opinion from an ophthalmologist, who will also determine\
  \ the date of the next medical examination. The maximum period for which a medical\
  \ certificate may be issued for such impairments is five years. Of course, different\
  \ criteria apply to decisions in the case of other visual problems (i.e. if it is\
  \ not just refractive errors).Reply from the Ministry of Infrastructure:Automatic\
  \ notification of the expiry of identity documents, including driving licences,\
  \ is made possible through the national e-Government portal.The service, called\
  \ Web Reminder, allows the user to receive a message on the expiry of his/her identity\
  \ documents and those of his/her minor children to his/her e-mail address and/or\
  \ mobile number one month, 14 days and three days before the expiry date. The e-mail\
  \ address and/or mobile phone number in the e-Government system is provided by the\
  \ user.For reasons of personal data protection, use of the service is, of course,\
  \ only possible with a qualified digital certificate. How do I get a digital certificate?\
  \ To apply for a qualified digital certificate SIGEN-\r\nCA can also be submitted\
  \ at the administrative unit."
Text file: 942.txt
Title: Proposal to amend the Road Traffic Rules Act as regards vehicle impoundment
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=942
