Do the FMCSRs require applicants, possessing a current medical certificate, to undergo a new physical examination as a condition of employment?

Pre-employment Driver Physical Qualification Examination

Question 2: Do the FMCSRs require applicants, possessing a current medical certificate, to undergo a new physical examination as a condition of employment?

Guidance: No. However, if a motor carrier...

If a motor carriers sends a potential interstate driver to a medical examiner to have both a pre-employment medical examination and a pre-employment controlled substances test performed, how must the medical examiner conduct the medical examination ...

Drug Testing and Driver Physical Qualification Examination

Guidance Q&A Question 7: If a motor carriers sends a potential interstate driver to a medical examiner to have both a pre-employment medical examination and a pre-employment controlled substances test performed, how must...

May a urine sample collected for purposes of performing a controlled substances and alcohol test be used to test for diabetes as part of a driver’s FMCSA-required physical examination?

Driver Physical Qualification Examination

Question 2: May a urine sample collected for purposes of performing a controlled substances and alcohol test be used to test for diabetes as part of a driver’s FMCSA-required physical examination?

Guidance: In...