Form 086/u Certificate: Which Tests to Take and Which Doctors to See

Form 086/u is the certificate admission boards of universities and colleges ask for — and sometimes employers hiring young staff. Its full name is "Medical certificate (physician's professional consultative conclusion)", and the form itself is approved by Ministry of Health Order No. 834n of 15 December 2014. We are an information service: we do not issue certificates, but we will lay out exactly which doctors and tests it involves so you finish in one or two visits. The exact list follows the current order and the requirements of the institution you are applying to.

What the form is and who needs it

086/u is a conclusion that your health allows studying the chosen speciality or doing the job. It is requested from:

• applicants to universities and colleges — almost always, especially for hands-on specialities: medicine, teaching, transport, food technology;
• minors and young workers — when hiring people under 21, the certificate substitutes for part of the adult occupational check-up;
• occasionally — institutions at transfer or before practical training.

An adult worker going through the "adult" occupational check-up does not need it — that track has its own rules, covered in the guide on tests for employment.

Which doctors to see

The institution may add profile specialists: a dentist, dermatologist, a gynaecologist for girls, and a psychiatrist and narcologist for specific specialities. The physician signs the final fitness note after all the others.

Which tests are included

The lab part is modest:

• Complete blood count — the basic screen: anaemia, inflammation;
• Urinalysis — kidneys and urinary tract;
• Chest X-ray — from age 15, valid 12 months;
• blood glucose and an ECG — not always, only if the specific institution requires them.

If you were tested recently — say, at a routine check-up — ask your clinic: results up to 1–3 months old are often accepted, and the whole lab stage drops out.

Vaccination history

The 086/u records preventive vaccinations — usually as an extract from form 063/u or the vaccination certificate. This is the most common bottleneck: the card sits in the archive of an old school or clinic. Request the extract early and compare it against the national vaccination schedule — if something is missing, you will have time to complete a vaccine or file a formal refusal instead of scrambling in the last week of admissions.

Validity, and how to finish faster

There is no single federal validity term, but in practice institutions accept the certificate no older than 6 months — some want it fresher. Hence the practical rules:

• get the certificate in late spring or early summer if you enrol in autumn;
• start with the chest X-ray and the lab tests — they take 1–3 days, so results are ready by the time you do the doctors' round;
• at your clinic under public insurance the certificate is free, but the round takes several visits; paid centres do everything in one day;
• the visit is a routine examination: in the records it is coded under Z02 — "examination encounter" — which is normal and is not a diagnosis.

Schoolchildren can conveniently combine the 086/u with the yearly check-up — the sets overlap almost fully; routine paediatric tests are covered in what tests a child needs.

The short version

Form 086/u means five doctors (physician/paediatrician, surgeon, neurologist, ophthalmologist, ENT), three tests (CBC, urinalysis, chest X-ray from 15) and a vaccination history; glucose and ECG only on request. It is usually accepted for 6 months, so time it to your submission date. The exact list follows Order No. 834n and the institution's requirements. And you can upload the finished results for decoding — the service explains every value before the physician signs the conclusion.