35.117. A person undergoing driver training must have a medical certificate of the established form with them?
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This exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerns the organization of training drives and the admission of a person to driving during practical lessons. The topic is important for road safety, as training is only permitted when the future driver is actually fit to drive and does not pose risks to themselves or other road users.
Section 24 "Training Driving" is being tested, specifically point 24.1 of the traffic rules. It states that only persons without medical contraindications may be trained to drive, and this is confirmed by a valid medical certificate of the established form. At the same time, the Traffic Rules do not specify a requirement that the learner must always have this certificate with them in the car during every lesson, so the correct direction of the answer is based precisely on the absence of an obligation to "carry it with you" in the text of the Traffic Rules.
The analysis of the options is simple: the statement about the mandatory carrying of a medical certificate during training drives seems logical, but is not confirmed by point 24.1, which speaks about the condition for admission to training, not about a list of documents "in the pocket" during the lesson. Instead, the option about the absence of such an obligation corresponds to the wording of the rules: the certificate is usually submitted during enrollment at a driving school and/or for admission to procedures at the TSC, which is useful to remember when preparing for the theoretical exam and solving similar tests.
Clause 24.1 (Section 24 "Training Driving")
It is allowed to teach driving a vehicle only to persons who do not have medical contraindications for this, which is confirmed by a valid medical certificate of the established form.
This clause checks that the presence of a valid medical certificate is a condition for allowing a person to train driving (i.e., confirmation of the absence of medical contraindications), but the Traffic Rules do not establish an obligation for the person learning to drive to "have this certificate with them" during training driving.
Therefore, the correct answer is "No.", given that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, the medical certificate is mentioned as confirmation of the absence of medical contraindications (a condition for admission to training), but there is no requirement in the Traffic Rules to carry it with you during training driving.
During training drives, the law distinguishes between two things: the condition for allowing a person to start learning and the list of documents that the learner is required to have with them directly in the vehicle.
Clause 24.1 of the Traffic Rules states that only persons who do not have medical contraindications are allowed to be taught to drive a vehicle, and this must be confirmed by a valid medical certificate of the established form. That is, the certificate is needed as proof of fitness to drive, so that a person can be admitted to the learning process at all.
At the same time, this clause does not require that the learner must carry the medical certificate with them and present it on the spot during each practical session. In practice, the medical certificate is usually submitted when enrolling for training (or when processing documents for admission to exams), and thereafter it is kept at the educational institution or used at the stage of registration at the TSC.
Imagine a typical situation: you come to a driving lesson, sit behind the wheel of a training car next to the instructor. The requirement of the Traffic Rules is that you are admitted to training without medical contraindications, not that the medical certificate must always be in your bag during every lesson.
Therefore, the correct answer is "No.", since clause 24.1 requires the presence of a valid medical certificate as confirmation of the absence of contraindications for admission to training, but does not establish an obligation for the learner to constantly have this certificate with them during training drives.