This just published from FMCSA:

Important: Medical Examiners must continue to issue Medical Examiner’s Certificates.

There seems to be confusion amongst medical examiners about whether or not to give a driver a hard copy of his/her medical certificate.

There is often confusion regarding motor carriers that only have intrastate drivers and non-commercial license drivers, yet still coming in for the DOT/CDL exam.

If a driver got diagnosed with DVT and PE, Currently on Xeralto, NOT symptomatic. I just want to see if I am interpreting this right? He has to have a CT chest negative. Then repeat in 3 months and if negative then certify for a year? He has been on Xeralto for one month after diagnosis. Guidelines speaks of Coumadin only……

Guy was diagnosed with PTSD and prescribed Trazodone, risperdal, and Prozac.   Motor vehicle carrier is questioning meds, specifically risperdal.  To my knowledge he should be fine.  He is feeling good.   Good after one week on meds.  I know they have to be effective and safe.  I guess my question is ……risperdal is not one of those medications prohibited to take while driving a commercial vehicle.

Here is an example of a CPAP compliance report.  This is from the user/drivers PAP memory chip, usually an SD type card they can produce or report from or their CPAP machine vendor can get it for them to present to their doctors, or a code generated from the machine they can input online to generate the report.

When Do you disqualify a driver with Sleep Apnea?

Regarding screening for sleep apnea in DOT physicals. From my understanding, if I order a sleep study, the patient is temporarily disqualified until the study is complete. If they have obstructive sleep apnea found during testing, they must wait 1 month after CPAP treatment or 2 months after surgery.

The NADME DOT certification training course states that the recommendation for DOT certification following a stroke is one year.  One of our providers has since been told that the recommendation is 6 months…She wondering which is correct.

You should be screening all your DOT examinees for sleep apnea.  The DOT exam form of course contains only one question regarding sleep disorders, and how many times have you had a driver check “yes?

Am I required to have a medical certificate if I only operate a CMV in my home State (intrastate commerce)?

I want to be sure I understand the correct decision in the case of a
positive urinary glucose