Cross Border Transportation FAQs

FMCSA-ELD-Cross-Border-Transportation-FAQs(2024-03-08)

Cross Border Transportation FAQs

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Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Examiner’s Handbook Regulatory Guidance, 88 FR 3892 (January 22, 2024)

NOTE: The January 2024 edition of the Medical Examiner’s Handbook replaces all previous handbook editions. Medical examiners should not rely on previously published editions of the handbook, including any drafts available on FMCSA’s Medical Review Board website, as a source of Agency guidance....

Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Advisory Criteria, 89 Fed. Reg. 3577 (Jan. 19, 2024)

NOTE: This guidance replaces the guidance published at 80 FR 22790 (Apr. 23, 2015) (FMCSA-FR-80FR22790.2015.04.23) and revised at 83 FR 47486 (Sept. 19, 2018) and at 87 FR 3390 (Jan. 21, 2022) (FMCSA-FR-83FR47486.2018.09.19 and FMCSA-FR-87FR3390(2022-01-21), respectively).

Medical Examiner’s Handbook 2024 Edition

NOTE: The January 2024 edition of the Medical Examiner’s Handbook replaces all previous handbook editions. Medical examiners should not rely on previously published editions of the handbook, including any drafts available on FMCSA’s Medical Review Board website, as a source of Agency guidance....

Can a user edit or change automatically recorded driving time that has been recorded by an electronic logging device (ELD) to non-driving time?

NOTE: This guidance revises FMCSA-HOS-ELD-395-FAQ51(2022-03-10), issued on March 10, 2022, and rescinded on July 31, 2023.

FMCSA-HOS-ELD-395-FAQ51(2023-07-31)

Question: Can a user edit or change automatically recorded driving time...

Can ELD data be cached to a black box, gateway, or server, and written to an ELD event at a later time?

FMCSA-ELD-395-Q085(2023-07-31)

Question: Can ELD data be cached to a black box, gateway, or server, and written to an ELD event at a later time?

Guidance: No. Per section 4.3.1.1 of 49 CFR part 395, subpart B, appendix A, an ELD must be powered and...

What duty status change events must be included in the ELD output file for submission to FMCSA during an inspection, investigation, or audit?

FMCSA-ELD-395-Q084(2023-07-31)

Question: What duty status change events must be included in the ELD output file for submission to FMCSA during an inspection, investigation, or audit?

Guidance: To provide the required RODS for a roadside inspection,...

In an electronic logging device (ELD) with multiple components, which component must generate the event sequence identifier number?

NOTE: This guidance revises FMCSA-ELD-395-Q080(2022-03-10), issued on March 10, 2022, and rescinded on July 31, 2023.

FMCSA-ELD-395-Q080(2023-07-31) 

Question: In an electronic logging device (ELD) with multiple components, which component must...

May a State Driver’s Licensing Agency (SDLA) issue a non-domiciled CLP or CDL to an individual who is present in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy as a citizen of Mexico?

NOTE:  This guidance was rescinded on March 16, 2026, and is no longer in effect.  See 91 FR 7044, 7092 (February 13, 2026).

FMCSA-CDL-383.23-FAQ001(2023-05-08)

Question: May a State Driver’s Licensing Agency (SDLA) issue...

How is an employer notified of changes to a driver’s Clearinghouse record?

NOTE: This guidance revises FMCSA-D&A-CLEAR-382.701-FAQ002, issued on July 22, 2019, and rescinded on March 9, 2023.

FMCSA-D&A-CLEAR-382.701-FAQ002(2023-03-09)

Question:  How is an employer notified of changes to a driver’s...