On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended by one year the deadline for states to become compliant with requirements to show self-certification and medical compliance on the motor vehicle reports of CDL drivers.
This means that all commercial drivers must continue to carry either the medical certificate or complete USDOT physical exam until 1-30-2015, another year, and it means that drivers will be required to supply a copy of their USDOT physical renewals to MTI, to be added to their driver qualification files, a USDOT mandate.
This change does NOT exempt drivers from the requirement to submit a copy of each USDOT physical renewal to their local motor vehicle department, and to renew physicals at least 15 days prior to the expiration of the existing physical.
