DOT physical certification.

Diesel Dave · Mar 24, 2026

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Unfortunately here in NY they just started going with that registry last month and it’s a mess. DMV won’t accept copies and the dr’s office staff was clueless. I basically argued until I was blue in the face with them. Finally they told me the doctor will send it in tomorrow morning since he wasn’t in today.

I’d love nothing more than to find the clowns at that agency that couldnt just leave it alone and let all the states continue accepting the forms until they had the whole thing ready to go nationwide.
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This right here would leave me uneasy. They don’t have a clue.

wulfman75 · Mar 25, 2026

Diesel Dave said: ↑

I could see the the fraud going on, heck, back in the day one would just get the medical card itself and fill it out and sign it, I remember one guy doing just that, and when he had to show it to a LEO, the LEO told him to next time don’t forget to sign “M.D.”(medical doctor) after your signature . Anyways, here in California, as far as I know, they want you to walk in your own form. I can’t speak for other states.
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Here in GA you can't walk it in anymore. I watched the guy scan it in. He said it takes a couple of days. I was on hometime so when it was time to head out I checked with the company and they said I was good to go. Also checked the dds website and it shows valid.

Anonymousproxy · Mar 25, 2026

Diesel Dave said: ↑

This right here would leave me uneasy. They don’t have a clue.
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I finally got a hold of the doctor and supposedly will try to get it uploaded. “It’s a really new system”. Why there hasn’t been an effort to train & update doctors in this state and others by these clowns at FMCSA is beyond me me. It’s the same doctor I have for regular appointments and he’s good at what he does(and he’s not shy about dq’ing people if he sees a problem, but since the takeover by UR medicine in this state the healthcare situation in this state has gone haywire.

then again Albany is a bit infamous at gross incompetence along with FMCSA.

RoadsideReady · Mar 26, 2026

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Recently got my medical card renewed. Unfortunately when I asked about getting it transmitted to FMCSA with that new law, all the doctors office people would tell me they can’t transmit it to DMV anymore. When I brought up the new regulation they flatly knew nothing and refused to answer. This is a doctor’s office that I have dealt with for many years and never had a problem with this until now.

I checked on NYDMV and FMCSA sites and there is nothing on what to do to if an office is unable to transmit the physical report. Calling them got me nowhere.

This whole “self certification” requirement has been a joke just like that godforsaken joke of an agency.
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That’s been a big point of confusion lately. From what I’ve been seeing, the medical examiner is supposed to transmit it now, but it doesn’t always go smoothly like people expect. I’d definitely try to confirm it actually went through so it doesn’t turn into an issue down the road.

Anonymousproxy · Mar 31, 2026

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That’s been a big point of confusion lately. From what I’ve been seeing, the medical examiner is supposed to transmit it now, but it doesn’t always go smoothly like people expect. I’d definitely try to confirm it actually went through so it doesn’t turn into an issue down the road.
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Well, a week later the system for nydmv was still showing my old card. Turns out when I sent in the new one to my company they ran the mvr after a few days they found it hadn’t changed so they gave me a helpdesk number to call. When a rep answered I found the new card was rejected because my doctor had his medical examiner clearance yanked recently, so basically he want even supposed to be doing physicals.
Luckily my company already started the ball rolling to get me through their clinic to get a new physical.

word to the wise. Dot has been yanking clearances and cleaning house apparently.
Check to see if your doctor is still on that registry because a lot of them are going out the door.

Anonymousproxy · Apr 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM

Welp…. The final chapter to this and it was a bit of a shocker.

Went to the local walk in clinic my company uses for physicals, managed to get a one year card(even though this #### “white coat syndrome is gonna be the death of me), and not only did they send it right in from that office they explained the procedure and were super helpful. Also got the actual card and not a poorly photocopied one like my dr’s office gave me.

Went on about my trip, then when I checked my email about 2am, I got a new email alert from nydmv… saying my medical certificate was updated to show the new card….wow. I figured it would be at least a week or so. Even when I was still sending it into the state it wasn’t that fast.

funny thing it this morning I got another email stating they extended the 60 day waiver for cards issued after April 10.

Studebaker Hawk · Apr 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM

It because of shenanigans like this, and other absurd interpretations by ill-trained medical types (in most cases are not even a medical doctor) that I gave up trucking and my CDL at age 67 years old.
My present physician, who is on the registry complains routinely "they expect these guys to be as fit as the average astronaut"
When I told him the industrial clinic my company forced all of their drivers to use flunked me, he was flabbergasted.

Here we have an individual who bicycles over 1000 miles per year, weight commensurate with height and no clinical reason that he (me) is not physically capable of safely driving a tractor trailer. But the industry, bought and paid for by the medical/pharmaceutical complex would rather have skinny immigrant drivers who cannot speak English instead of someone with 45 years experience with 4 million miles safe driving.

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