From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Dec 24 2004 - 23:26:26 PST
At 11:15 PM -0600 12/24/04, Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
>What exactly is the medical card for?
It's part of the requirements for a CDL as part
of the FMCSRs (Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations.
I suspect the original idea was to keep
Commercial drivers with impending heart problems
or other medical conditions that could result in
a sudden incapacitation while operating a vehicle.
>Is there some kind of physical a professional driver must take?
Yep.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsr/medical.htm
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