Post by N9GQR on Jan 26, 2009 2:29:32 GMT -5
FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to require interstate commercial driver’s license (CDL)holders subject to the physical qualification requirements of the FMCSRs to provide a current original or copy of their medical Examiner’s certificates to their State Driver Licensing Agency (SDLA). The Agency also requires the SDLA to record on the Commercial Driver License Information System (CDLIS) driver record the selfcertification the driver made regarding the applicability of the Federal driver qualification rules and, for drivers subject to those requirements, the medical certification status information specified in this final rule. Other conforming requirements are also implemented. This action is required by section 215 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA).
DATES: This rule is effective January 30, 2009. The incorporation by reference of the September 2007 version of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Office of the Federal Register as of December 1, 2008. State compliance is required by January 30, 2012. All CDL holders must comply with the requirement to submit to the SDLA their self-certification on whether they are subject to the physical qualification rules by January 30, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical
Programs, FMCSA, Room W64–224, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001. Telephone: (202) 366–4001.
E-mail: FMCSAMedical@dot.gov.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
(This looks like a big mess to me! Your Medical Card expires every two years or every year and you have to go to your State Driver Licensing Agency (SDLA) and have it Certified in order to keep driving even though your license isn't due to be renewed.)
DATES: This rule is effective January 30, 2009. The incorporation by reference of the September 2007 version of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Office of the Federal Register as of December 1, 2008. State compliance is required by January 30, 2012. All CDL holders must comply with the requirement to submit to the SDLA their self-certification on whether they are subject to the physical qualification rules by January 30, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical
Programs, FMCSA, Room W64–224, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001. Telephone: (202) 366–4001.
E-mail: FMCSAMedical@dot.gov.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
(This looks like a big mess to me! Your Medical Card expires every two years or every year and you have to go to your State Driver Licensing Agency (SDLA) and have it Certified in order to keep driving even though your license isn't due to be renewed.)
