If you were hoping to get a more paperless experience with commercial driver medical certification requirements this summer, you're out of luck. Find out why rules to digitally integrate medical examiner registry data with licensing offices may be postponed.
A new rule from the FMCSA states that by May 21, 2014, all certified medical examiners must be on the newly established National Registry database, and commercial truck and bus drivers must show that they obtained their medical examination from a certified examiner.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced an important new safety rule that requires healthcare professionals who perform medical examinations for interstate truck and bus drivers to be trained, tested, and certified on the specific physical qualifications that affect a driver’s ability to safely operate the vehicle.
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