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DOT/FHWA

RIN: 2125-AD20

Publication ID: Fall 1998

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 2704(a) 49 USC 2505 49 USC 3102

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	07/15/1994	59 FR 36338
ANPRM Comment Period End	11/14/1994
NPRM	10/00/1998

Additional Information: lease note the following notice publications with respect to the advisory committee: 04/29/96 at 61 FR 18713; 07/26/96 at 61 FR 38133; 08/26/96 at 61 FR 43725; 10/07/96 at 61 FR 52401; 11/05/96 at 61 FR 56936; 12/17/96 at 61 FR 66250; and 02/13/97 at 62 FR 6753.
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