Article 28. Basic Requirements for Driver Training
Persons who have reached the age established by part 4 of this Article and who, in the cases provided for by the legislation, do not have contra-indications connected with driving activity, including those related to the state of health, may, after receiving training in accordance with the curriculum and program approved by the authorized body of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, take the qualification examinations for the right to drive a vehicle in the manner established by the legislation.
1.1. A person learning to drive a vehicle must be at least 16 years of age.
1.2. Self-trained persons may also take the qualification examinations for obtaining a driving license for vehicles of categories "A", "B" and "C", as well as of subcategories "AM", "A1", "B1" and "C1", in the manner established by the legislation.
1.3. A person who has applied for a driving license for categories "A", "B" and "BE", as well as for subcategories "AM", "A1" and "B1" (including for the exchange of a driving license or for obtaining a duplicate of a driving license), shall undergo medical fitness assessment if:
in the course of the process of obtaining a driving license, it is evident that the person may have a contra-indication, indication or restriction obstructing the operation of a vehicle as established by Article 22.1 of this Law (an upper or lower limb, hand or foot is missing, or there are deformations of the hand or foot restricting movements, as well as deformations and defects of the fingers or phalanges of the hands, problems of the neck or back, evident impairments of vision or absence of an eye, evident impairments of hearing);
in the completed health declaration there is an indication of a health condition obstructing the driving of a vehicle.
1.4. In the cases provided for in points 1 and 2 of part 1.3 of this Article, the referral for medical fitness assessment is issued by the authorized body for internal affairs to the person who has applied for a driving license at the moment of submitting the application for obtaining a driving license (including for the exchange of a driving license or for obtaining a duplicate of a driving license).
1.5. The forms of the referral for medical fitness assessment and of the health declaration are established by a decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
1.6. Persons applying for the first-time issue of a driving license for vehicles of categories "C", "D", "T" and "CE", "DE", and subcategories "C1", "D1" and "C1E", "D1E", must submit to the authorized body for internal affairs a certificate of having undergone medical fitness assessment.
1.7. A person who has applied for the exchange of a driving license for vehicles of categories "C", "D", "T" and "CE", "DE", and subcategories "C1", "D1" and "C1E", "D1E", or for obtaining a duplicate of a driving license, must undergo medical fitness assessment if, in the course of the process of obtaining a driving license, it is evident that the person may have a contra-indication, indication or restriction obstructing the operation of a vehicle as established by Article 22.1 of this Law (restriction or deformation of movements of the hands, feet, fingers of the hand, or the absence thereof, problems of the neck or back, evident impairments of vision or absence of an eye, evident impairments of hearing), or in the completed health declaration there is an indication of a health condition obstructing the driving of a vehicle.
1.8. The personal data of persons having health problems obstructing the driving of a vehicle, of persons under narcological supervision, as well as of persons registered with psychiatric institutions, are processed by electronic means, and, in the case of an electronic inquiry at the moment of submitting the application for obtaining a driving license (for the exchange of a driving license or for obtaining a duplicate of a lost driving license), become accessible to the authorized body for internal affairs and the police through the unified electronic database of the body authorized in the field of healthcare.
3. Only candidate drivers may take the practical examination.
4. A person who has reached the age of 17 may become a candidate driver, with the exception of a candidate driver of a vehicle of subcategory "AM". A person who has reached the age of 16 may become a candidate driver of a vehicle of subcategory "AM".
6. A person teaching practical driving on an individual basis must hold a driving license for vehicles of the given category.
7. The initial practical driving training of vehicles is conducted at an autodrome or training ground, and in their absence—in a closed area isolated from road traffic, which is equipped with the technical means necessary for the initial practical driving of vehicles.
8. A vehicle used for the purpose of practical driving training must have the appropriate identification sign and be equipped with a rear-view mirror intended for the person teaching to drive, as well as with additional clutch (with the exception of vehicles with automatic transmission) and brake pedals.
Practical driving training may be conducted on those roads on which it is not prohibited by the local self-government bodies.
9. In the case of violation of the Road Traffic Rules by a candidate driver undergoing practical driving training, the driver-instructor of the training institution or the person teaching practical driving on an individual basis bears liability in the manner established by law.