New medical certification requirements : a guide for commercial driver's license (CDL) holders : general information.

              1
New Medical Certification Requirements
A Guide for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Holders
General Information
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
November 2011
What is changing? The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be adding
your medical certification status and the information on your medical examiner’s
certificate to your Commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS) record.
When does this change start? This change starts on January 30, 2012
What is not changing? The driver physical qualification requirements are not
changing.
What are CDL holders required to do?
1. You must determine what type of commerce you operate in. You must certify to DPS
to one of the four types of commerce you operate in as listed below,
• Interstate non-excepted: You are an Interstate non-excepted driver and must
meet the Federal DOT medical card requirements (e.g. – you are “not
excepted”).
• Interstate excepted: You are an Interstate excepted driver and do not have to
meet the Federal DOT medical card requirements.
• Intrastate non-excepted: You are an Intrastate non-excepted driver and are
required to meet the medical requirements for your State.
• Intrastate excepted: You are an Intrastate excepted driver and do not have to
meet the medical requirements for your State.
2. If you are subject to the DOT medical card requirements, provide a copy of each
new DOT medical card to DPS prior to the expiration of the current DOT medical
card.
For more detailed information read the following:
Starting January 30, 2012 and no later than January 30, 2014, all Oklahoma CDL
holders must provide information to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety