Revised
To Promote safety, the Office of Medical Programs - ✔✔-Oversees the national medical certification
process for CMV who operate in interstate commerce
-develops and implements medical regulations, policies, and procedures
-Oversees and supports the Medical Review Board in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act
-Develops and implements the national registry program: a national medical examiner system and a
linked national driver medical reporting system.
-Conducts and oversees the Agency's medical exemption and certificate programs
-Severes ad the lead Federal agency for the regulation of commercial motor vehicle driver health and
safety and conducts relevant medical research
Medical certification in accordance with FMCSA physical qualification standards is required when the
driver is operating a CMV in interstate commerce that: - ✔✔-Has a combined gross vehicle weight of at
least 10,001 lb
-Is designed or used to transport 9-15 passengers (including the driver) for compensation
-Is designed or used to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) whether for compensation
or not
-Transports hazardous materials in quantities that require placarding under the hazardous materials
regulations.
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,Which title in the Code of Federal Regulations deals with transportation? - ✔✔Title 49
How many standards are used to determine driver medical fitness for duty - ✔✔13
Which standards have objective disqualifiers that do not depend on medical examiner interpretation -
✔✔1) vision
2) Hearing
3) epilepsy
4) Diabetes mellitus
How many discretionary standards are there? - ✔✔9
What is the Skill Performance Evaluation Certification Program - ✔✔Alternative physical qualification
standard for a driver with a fixed MSK deficit of an extremity who cannot physically qualify to driver.
The driver must be otherwise qualified to drive a CMV and meet the provisions of the alternate standard
Commercial Motor Vehicle - ✔✔self propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate
commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle:
--has a gross vehicle weight rating of >10,001 lbs
--is designed or used to transport >8 passengers including the driver for compensation
--is designed to transport >15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers
for compensation
--used for hazmat materials
Interstate commerce means: - ✔✔trade, traffic or transportation
--between a place in a state and a place outside of such state
--between two places in a state through another state or a place outside the US
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,-between two places in a State as part of trade, traffic, or transportation originating or terminating outside
the State or the US
Intrastate commerce - ✔✔Any trade, traffic or transportation in any State which is not described in the
term "interstate commerce"
Motor Carrier definition - ✔✔For-hire motor carrier or a private motor carrier. The term includes a motor
carrier's agents, officers, and representatives as well as employees responsible for the hiring, supervising,
training, assigning or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection,
and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or accessories. This definition includes the terms
"employer" and "exempt motor carrier"
What is the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 - ✔✔Requires drug and alcohol
testing of safety-sensitive transportation employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, pipelines
and other transportation industries
Medical Review Officer - ✔✔A person who is a licensed physician and who is responsible for receiving
and reviewing laboratory results generated by an employer drug testing program and evaluating medical
explanations for certain drug test results
Substance Abuse Professional - ✔✔A person who evaluates employees who have violated DOT drug and
alcohol regulations and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and
aftercare
Job of Commercial driving--the driver must: - ✔✔-be at least 21 years old
-speak and read English well enough to converse with the general public, understand highway/traffic
signals, respond to official questions, make legible entries on reports
-Be capable of safely operating the CMV
-have the current Medical Examiner's Certificate on file
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, -Have only one valid CMV operator's license
-Have provided the motor carrier with required background and violations information
-Not be subject to disqualification
-Have successfully completed drivers road test or equivalent
Profile of the average truck or bus driver - ✔✔Male
>40 years of age
Sedentary
Overweight
Smoker
Poor eating habits
What's a long relay route - ✔✔Requires driving 9-11 hours, followed by at lest a 10-hour, off-duty period.
What is needed for effective use of side mirrors? - ✔✔Sufficient lateral cervical mobility
Injury severity equals - ✔✔Relative velocity change. The greater the mass--the less the relative velocity
change
Is the severity of the physical condition disqualifying because: - ✔✔-The symptoms, even if medically
benign, interfere with the ability to drive?
-The onset of symptoms may be so fast that the driver may be unable to stop the vehicle safely before
becoming incapacitated?
-the onset of symptoms may be so gradual that the driver is unaware of diminished ability to operative a
CMV safely
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