The Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission on the 31st recommended that the Korean National Police Agency and the Ministry of Health and Welfare prepare guidelines to prevent "drug-impaired driving."

Lee Hye-jung, head of the Driver's License Adjudication Division at the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, presents administrative appeal rulings on driver's license revocation at the Government Complex Sejong in Sejong on the 27th. /Courtesy of News1

The Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) recommended that the police establish standard procedures, based on scientific research and overseas cases, to assess the extent to which certain drugs, including psychotropic medications, impair driving ability, and set blood drug concentration thresholds.

It proposed that the Ministry of Health and Welfare create a system requiring doctors and pharmacists, when prescribing or dispensing medical narcotics, to inform patients in advance of the drug's impact on driving.

The Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) said, "Public awareness of drug side effects is currently insufficient," adding, "If concrete and objective driving standards for drugs are established, enforcement and proof systems will be streamlined and road traffic safety will be strengthened."

Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) also presented measures to improve convenience for citizens staying overseas. It recommended that the police prepare a plan allowing an overseas resident, when renewing a Class 1 regular driver's license, to substitute the regular aptitude test with documents such as a medical certificate from a local medical institution.

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