![]() ![]() Interstate excepted: You are an Interstate excepted driver and do not have to meet the Federal DOT medical card requirements.Interstate non-excepted: You are an Interstate non-excepted driver and must meet the Federal DOT medical card requirements (e.g.You must certify to your SDLA that you fall into one of the four operation categories listed below: You must determine whether you operate in interstate or intrastate commerce, and are excepted or non-excepted from either the Federal or State requirements. The federal standards for driver physical qualification requirements are not changing. This change became effective on January 30, 2012, with full compliance due by January 30, 2014. ![]() State driver licensing agencies (SDLAs) will be adding your medical self-certification status and the information on your medical examiner's certificate to your Commercial driver's license system (CDLIS) record. Self Certification FAQs What is changing? In the interim, FMCSA has advised both its staff and roadside enforcement personnel to accept proof of a driver’s medical certification status and expiration date on a CDLIS MVR, as the basic information required to substantiate that a driver is medically qualified. All States are working to produce the complete CDLIS MVR with all the required MedCert information. In addition, most States are posting the complete medical certification information. The basic information consists of the driver’s medical status and the expiration date of the medical examiner’s certificate. Effective JanuFMCSA has verified that every State is posting the basic, minimal medical certification information which allows a motor carrier to validate if a driver is medically qualified. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has reviewed each State's commercial driver’s license motor vehicle record (CDLIS MVR) for compliance with the Medical Certification (Med Cert) requirements. State-by-State Instructions for Submitting Medical Certificates to the State Driver Licensing Agencies.Instructions on how your State is collecting your ME Certificate information: CDL drivers, who do not update the expiration date of their ME Certificate with their State, will have their commercial driving privileges downgraded, and will not be eligible to drive a commercial motor vehicle that requires a CDL. ![]() CDL holders, who are found driving in a category other than one to which they self-certified, are subject to suspension or revocation of their commercial driving privileges. Non-CDL holders are not required to self-certify or submit a copy of their ME Certificate to their SDLA. This information is only being added to the State driving records of CDL holders. For more information on the self-certification categories see the Self-Certification FAQ's.ĬDL holders must provide their SDLA with a copy of their ME Certificate. This process is called self-certification. On or before January 30, 2014, all CDL holders must declare to their State Driver Licensing Agency (SDLA) that they only operate or expect to operate commercially in 1 of 4 possible categories with their CDL.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |