Health and driving - new rules for doctors
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Publication date
8.1.2007
9.01
Type:Press release
6/2007
The MSAH introduced new rules in mid-January for the procedure doctors should follow when stipulating that patients should stop driving vehicles due to ill health.
The rules now contain a verbal prohibition on patients’ driving. This is followed by tighter measures if patients do not comply, first a written prohibition sent to the police with patients’ permission, followed by a similar referral without patients’ permission, if they are clearly in no condition to drive but persist in doing so.
Further information:
Mr Pekka Järvinen, Ministerial Counsellor, Legal Affairs, tel. +358 9 160 73800