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DOT/FHWA RIN: 2125-AD20 Publication ID: Spring 1997 
Title: Commercial Driver Physical Fitness as Part of the CDL Process 
Abstract: The FHWA is proposing to include the certification of fitness to operate a CMV in the commercial driver's license (CDL) process. Incorporating the commercial driver fitness determination into State administered CDL procedures could allow elimination of the requirement that CMV drivers carry a separate medical certificate. The CDL would be evidence that the CMV driver is physically fit as well as operationally qualified to operate CMVs safely. This action addresses the driver's physical qualifications as they relate to the CDL process; it does not address whether those standards are correct or should be changed. The FHWA has determined that the negotiated rulemaking process will be used to develop regulations governing the proposed merger of the State-administered CDL procedures and the driver physical qualifications requirements. This action is significant due to anticipated substantial public interest. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 391    49 CFR 383    49 CFR 1.48    49 CFR 391.11    49 CFR 391.45   
Legal Authority: 49 USC app 2704(a)(8)    49 USC app 2505    49 USC app 3102   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  07/15/1994  59 FR 36338   
ANPRM Comment Period End  11/14/1994    
Notice of Intent to Establish Advisory Committee  04/29/1996  61 FR 18713   
Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting  07/26/1996  61 FR 38133   
Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings  08/26/1996  61 FR 43725   
Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting  10/07/1996  61 FR 52401   
Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting  11/05/1996  61 FR 56936   
Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting  12/17/1996  61 FR 66250   
NPRM  10/00/1997    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Teresa Doggett
Bus and Truck Standards and Operations
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-4001