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ARTICLE · 11 JUNE 2024

Recent FMCSA Developments

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made a number of regulatory adjustments applicable to trucking companies and operators.

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Mark T. Caloyer
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made a number of regulatory adjustments applicable to trucking companies and operators.

The FMCSA issued an updated Medical Examiner's Handbook effective January 22, 2024. The new edition includes updates to the Medical Advisory Criteria for medical examiners who perform physical qualification examinations of interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. As the Medical Examiner's Handbook is a guidance document that does not separately establish or amend regulations, the FMCSA did not solicit comments from the public and industry regarding the changes.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in 49 CFR 391.41 through 391.49 provide basic driver physical qualification standards for interstate commercial motor vehicle operators. Medical examiners make their physical qualification determinations on a case-by-case basis and may consider the handbook, first published in 2008, in conducting their examinations.

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