Transcript Oregon Med Cert Implementation - Standard & Best of Oregon LLC

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Standard & Best
2012 Annual Safety Issues Update™
Monarch Hotel – January 26, 2012
New CDL Medical Card Rules
David McKane, Safety Manager
Oregon Department of Transportation
Motor Carrier Transportation Division
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What’s new?
DMVs across the country are implementing
an FMCSA rule that dates back to 12/2008.
Rule resulted from requirements of the Motor
Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999.
• CMV drivers are required to provide a copy
of their medical examiner’s certificate to their
state licensing agency.
• State licensing agencies are required to share
medical examiners certificate with Commercial
Driver License Information System (CDLIS).
• A national registry of certified medical
examiner’s is envisioned.
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What do Oregon CDL holders have to do?
• Provide to the Oregon Driver and Motor
Vehicle Services Division (DMV) a copy
of their medical examiner’s certificate by
January 30, 2014.
• Those who renew or replace their CDL before
2014 provide a copy of their medical card at
the time of renewal or replacement.
• Those who aren’t due to renew their license
by 2014 will be notified in a staggered process
over the next two years and asked to provide a
copy of their medical card.
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CDL holders must certify a driving type
• Non-Excepted Interstate –
You are an Interstate driver and must meet
the Federal DOT medical card requirements.
• Excepted-Interstate –
You are an Interstate excepted driver
and do not have to meet the Federal DOT
medical card and certain other requirements.
•Non-Excepted Intrastate –
You are an Intrastate non-excepted driver
and are required to meet the medical
requirements for your State.
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Examples of Excepted Interstate
• School bus operations
• Transportation performed by the government
• Occasional transport of personal property
not for compensation nor for a commercial
enterprise
• Transportation of human corpses or sick &
injured persons
• Emergency delivery of propane winter
heating fuel and pipeline response
• Farm custom operations (custom harvesters)
• Operation of a vehicle by a beekeeper
engaged in seasonal transportation of bees
• Non-articulated farm vehicle operation within
150 miles of the farm
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Three ways to submit a fully-legible copy
of a medical card:
1. Mail:
DMV Driver Safety Unit
CDL Medical Certification
1905 Lana Avenue NE, Salem OR 97314
2. E-mail:
[email protected]
3. Fax:
503-945-5329
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Important notes!
• Ensure that the name and license number on
the medical certificate are legible. If it’s hard
to read, drivers should include a copy of the
front of the CDL or write the driver’s name and
license number legibly on a separate piece of
paper included in the mailing, e-mail, or fax.
• DMV needs a copy of the medical examiner’s
certificate. It is not accepting the Medical
Examination Report for Commercial Driver
Fitness Determination, which is called the “long
form.” That form does not include specific
information from the medical card that DMV
needs to comply with federal law.
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What are the consequences if a driver fails
to provides a medical card?
•If a driver fails to meet the requirement, DMV
will send a notice that it intends to cancel the
driver’s CDL and the cancellation is effective 30
days after the notice is mailed.
•Drivers who don’t want to meet the
requirement have the option, of course,
to just surrender their commercial driving
privileges at a DMV field office. And currently
there’s no fee to issue a replacement license
without commercial privileges if a driver
is downgrading.
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What happens to drivers who have
their CDL canceled?
•If a CDL is canceled for not maintaining a
current medical card with DMV, the driver will
have three years from the cancellation date, or
three years from the date a driver drops the
CDL, whichever is earliest, to get another CDL
without retesting.
•If a CDL is canceled for failing to submit a
copy of the medical card, the driver can still
operate a non-commercial vehicle if the noncommercial privileges are not expired,
revoked, suspended or canceled under a
separate action.
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Questions?
Visit:
www.OregonDMV.com
Click on “New CDL Certification Requirements
FAQs” in the column to the right,
under “Highlights”
Or
Call DMV Customer Assistance:
503.945.5000
Send ARS questions to:
[email protected]
or contact DMV Customer Assistance
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Standard & Best
2012 Annual Safety Issues Update™
New CDL Medical Card Rules
David McKane, Safety Manager
ODOT Motor Carrier Transportation Division
503-373-0884
[email protected]