Ukraine
Part 1: Driving with a Disability
Are there any laws or regulations in your country that restrict whether people with disabilities can obtain a driving licence?
Yes, Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine dated 31.01.2013 № 65/80, Registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on February 22, 2013 for № 308/22840 "On approval of the Regulations on medical examination of candidates for drivers and drivers of vehicles". Clause 1.9 Medical examinations of people with a disability to determine medical indications for a hand operated vehicle, as well as to determine medical contraints for driving a vehicle are conducted in medical and social expert commissions in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 03.12. 2009 № 1317 "Iissues of socio medical assessment".
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
No
If you have answered yes to Question 4 above, do the same restrictions apply to a person with a disability visiting your country in their own or a rented vehicle?
N/A
Please give details of the section responsible in your Ministry for driver licensing and vehicle adaptations for people with disabilities. Please also include any websites which give details of the official national policy.
Name of Department/Ministry; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Name of section responsible: The main service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
website (s): https://hsc.gov.ua/index/poslugi/vidachaposvidchennya-vodiya/
Part 2: Parking Cards for people with a disability
Does your country have a national scheme of parking concessions for people with a disability?
Yes
Which categories of people with a disability are eligible for the parking card?
Wheelchair users, People with walking difficulty, People with vision impairment, People with mental health issues, learning disabilities or other hidden disabilities
Are there parking spaces reserved for people with a disability?
Yes
If you have answered yes, where are the reserved parking spaces?
Other (please specify):
In paid and free parking lots of all forms of ownership, near institutions, organizations, cultural institutions and retail chains.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Other (please specify):
Availability of specially designated places and free parking
Are there any regions or cities in your country that do not recognise the parking card, or which have their own, different system?
No
Are the same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting your country?
Yes
If you have answered yes to Question 13 above, please tell us if there is a formal system of reciprocal recognition of parking cards from other countries?
No
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes, opposite the side of the car next to it should be a free space in size, not less than: length - 6.0 m; width - 1.5 m.
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
N/A
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
N/A
Part 3: Hiring a car if you have a disability
Does your country have any laws which require hire car companies to make adapted vehicles available for people with disabilities to rent?
No
Where are such vehicles available?
N/A
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
N/A
Part 4: Further Information
Please give contact details (email, phone, weblinks) for any sections or organisations which have supplied information for your response to this survey if they are not already listed.
Name(s) of sections/organisations: The State Road Transport Research Institute
email(s): [email protected]
phone(s): +38044 201 08 62; +38044 456 30 30
website(s): www.insat.org.ua