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Skill Performance Evaluation Certificate Program

About the SPE Program

The Skill Performance Evaluation program is for CMV drivers who drive in interstate commerce. The SPE certification allows drivers with missing or impaired limbs to drive CMVs across state lines if they have been fitted with (and are wearing) the right prosthetic device, and the driver can demonstrate the ability to drive the truck safely by completing on-and off-road activities. If the driver passes the driving test, he or she will receive a SPE certificate. Over the years, FMCSA has granted more than 3,000 SPE certificates to truck drivers who have shown that they can drive safely on the nation's highways. 

SPE Certificates

Drivers with physical impairments which affect their ability to safely operate CMVs according to their medical examiners, or with missing limbs (e.g., a hand or finger, an arm, foot or leg), are required to obtain SPE certificates.

  1. New Driver Application Package
  2. Renewal Package

SPE Service Centers

Location

Address

Territory Included

Eastern Service Center

4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 300A
Matteson, IL 60443
Phone: (708) 283-3523
FAX: (833) 994-2121

(SPE inquiries for Eastern states are handled by the Midwestern Service Center)

CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NH, NY, PA, PR, RI, VA, VT, WV

Midwestern Service Center

As of May 20, 2024:

600 Holiday Plaza Drive, Suite 240
Matteson, IL 60443
Phone: (708) 283-3523
FAX: (833) 994-2121

IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MO, MN, NE, OH, WI

Southern Service Center

 

61 Forsyth St. SW

Suite 3M40

Atlanta, GA  30303

Phone: (404) 327-7371

FAX: (404) 327-7359

 

AL, AR, FL, GA,KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN

Western Service Center

 

61 Forsyth St. SW

Suite 3M40

Atlanta, GA  30303

Phone: (404) 327-7371

FAX: (404) 327-7359


(SPE inquiries for Western states are handled by the Southern Service Center)

American Samoa, AK, AZ, CA, CO, Guam, HI, ID, Mariana Islands, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD,  TX, UT, WA, WY