That is why, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers maintain a current Medical Examiner’s Certificate to drive, which allows a motor carrier to validate if a driver is medically qualified.
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This certificate can only be completed by Certified Medical Examiners (MEs) listed on FMCSA’s National Registry. In this way FMCSA can prevent scamming of the medical status of the driver which was the case when any health care provider could do this.
The basic information consists driver’s medical status and the expiration date of the medical examiner’s certificate.
Driving record
Am I required to have a clean driving record?
If your driving records are not clean, you may not qualify for this job. Being a truck driver requires you to drive safe and responsibly, through the most dangerous roads, toughest traffic or climatic conditions.
The company doesn’t want the truck driver that is prone to accidents because that means bad safety rating for the company.
