FMCSA Releases New Medical Examiner’s Handbook
More than eight years in the making, federal trucking regulators have finally approved a new — albeit scaled down — version of the 2024 Medical Examiner’s Handbook.
February 7, 2024FMCSA Plans to Remove 15,000 Medical Examiner Certifications
Federal trucking regulators plan to disqualify more than 15,000 physicians responsible for certifying that truck drivers are healthy enough to get behind the wheel.
January 26, 2024Missouri CDL Holders Have Electronic Options
Missouri commercial driver license holders now can submit their self-certifications and updated medical examiner certificates electronically via email or fax.
June 12, 2023FMCSA Takes Measures to Ensure Medical Examiners’ Qualification
Faced with information technology challenges to its medical examiners' online registry, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced measures to ensure physicians will resume taking critical refresher training.
January 24, 2023FMCSA Asks 14,000 Medical Examiners to Post Missing Results
Six months after a critical DOT inspector general audit, federal regulators are asking an estimated 14,000 medical examiners to submit the missing results of truck driver exams they conducted during the seven months the National Registry was offline.
August 12, 2021Outdated FMCSA Medical Examiners Handbook Taking Years to Rewrite
The medical community has been waiting nearly three years for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to update its Medical Examiner Handbook, which some examiners use as a guideline for assessing truck drivers’ health.
September 26, 2018FMCSA Says Enough Examiners Certified as New Medical Rule Becomes Effective
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials said they are confident there will be an adequate number of certified medical examiners to administer truck driver physicals when new requirements take effect this week.
May 19, 2014Medical Groups, States Oppose FMCSA Plan to Require Daily Reports of Drivers’ Physicals
Medical professionals and state driver licensing agencies objected to a proposal to require daily updates of commercial drivers’ physical exam information, telling federal regulators the system would be burdensome and costly.
July 22, 2013Opinion: Using the Medical Examiners Registry
Mandated by the legislation called SAFETEA-LU and signed by President George W. Bush in 2005, the final rule for the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners — to be known henceforth simply as the “National Registry” — was finally released to the public April 18 and goes into effect May 21.
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