DO: Urine test for ADHD girl was discrimination

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Published 27 January 2023 at 07.11

Domestic. When a 14-year-old girl with ADHD needed a medical certificate for driver's license clearance, the doctor ordered a supervised urine test to check for the presence of drugs. The Discrimination Ombudsman, DO, considers that the doctor's prescription constitutes discrimination related to the girl's disability.

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The 14-year-old girl needed a doctor's certificate to get a driving license permit for a moped and together with her mother visited the clinic in the Greater Stockholm area where the girl was treated for her ADHD.

The mother stated in her notification to the DO that her daughter had to submit a monitored urine sample to check the presence of narcotics in order to obtain the current medical certificate. The girl had to leave the test under the supervision of a nurse who checked through a window that no cheating took place. The situation was perceived as offensive by the girl, who became sad and felt suspicious.

The Swedish Transport Agency's regulations, which regulate the medical certificate in question, do not, according to DO, make any requirements for the doctor's assessment to be based on a supervised urine sample. Instead, an assessment must be made in the individual case as to whether such sampling is necessary. There has been no suspicion of abuse, risky behavior or criminality in the girl. Her ADHD must have been well treated and controlled.

The DO's assessment is that the girl has been prescribed a monitored urine test due to her ADHD diagnosis without the doctor having made any individual assessment as to whether it was necessary in her case .

The authority now requests that the reception acknowledge the discrimination and pay SEK 50,000 in discrimination compensation to the girl. Otherwise, DO will file a lawsuit against the reception.