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Regulatory Guidance

Welcome to the FMCSA Guidance Portal. This web portal is a searchable, indexed database that contains and links to all guidance documents in effect from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract.

To comment on any guidance document, or to request issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of any guidance document, please identify the guidance document in your request and send it to: FMCSAguidance@dot.gov. NOTE: The FMCSAguidance mailbox is not intended to serve as a mailbox for general inquiries. For inquiries that go beyond the limited purpose of the FMCSAguidance mailbox, please call FMCSA's Information Line (800-832-5660) or visit FMCSA's "Contact Us" page to send your inquiry to the appropriate mailbox.

Subject Agency Identifier Topic Issued Date
May motor carriers use third parties to ask State agencies for copies of driving records to be examined during the carrier’s annual review of each driver’s record? FMCSA-DQ-391.25-Q003-RESCINDED Driving record annual inquiry
Does the use of a third-party computerized system that provides motor carriers with a complete department of motor vehicle report for every State in which the driver held a commercial motor vehicle operator’s license or permit when a driver is enrolled in FMCSA-DQ-391.25-Q004 Driving record annual inquiring
Guidance Q&A Question 1: What is Valuation and Insurance? FMCSA-HHG-375-Valuation and Insurance-Q001 Understanding Valuation and Insurance
Where can I find the 2015 OSA Bulletin? FMCSA-MED-Sleep Apnea-FAQ001-RESCINDED respiratory standard
Acceptance of Applications for Mexican-Domiciled Long-Haul Operations, 80 Fed. Reg. 2179 FMCSA-FR-80FR2179.2015.01.15 Registration
Driver Qualifications; Regulatory Guidance Concerning the Applicability of Language Requirement to Drivers Who Do Not Meet the Hearing Standard, 79 Fed. Reg. 59139 FMCSA-FR-79FR59139.2014.10.01 driver qualifications
§391.11 General qualifications of drivers. FMCSA-DQ-391.11-Q007 General driver qualifications
Enhancements to the Motor Carrier Safety Measurement System (SMS) Web Site, 79 Fed. Reg. 43117 FMCSA-FR-79FR43117.2014.07.24 sms
May a driver use a computer, tablet, or smartphone (that is not an Automatic On-Board Recording Device) to create, electronically sign, and store the record of duty status (RODS)? FMCSA-HOS-395.8-Q28 Use of computer to create, sign, store RODS
Regulatory Guidance concerning Records of Duty Status Generated by Logging Software Programs, 79 FR 39342 FMCSA-FR-79FR39342.2014.07.10 HOS – Drivers’ RODs – Logging Software