Medical Card

No.

They have no interest or need to see a medical card unless you are in a commercial vehicle.

 

What he said.

 

Please inform us what an LEO is. That is not a common acronym at all!

 

Even if you are in a commercial vehicle, many operations do not require a medical card...remember the old in one state/100 air mile/non-hazmat exemptions....not a lot of those jobs around, but some folks use a CDL, no medical.
Can you tell I just went through this stuff in school a couple weeks ago!

 

Must be a local thing.

Here you have to have a medical card in a commercial vehicle.

 

Nope...in the federal rules...INTRA state, <100 miles,med not required...Think dump-truck driver is the most common user of this rule, but the weight limit does not matter...same for 10-26k as it is for 26K+...but most Ins company's make it a requirement, so most do it by default...same for logbooks/hours of service...not needed by the same group...Driving rules,Par 392..the prohibition against driving tired/impaired etc still holds for all Commercial vehicles, so they can still ticket a driver who was impaired for medical or rest reasons....after the fact.
I was surprised too, but since very few operations meet these rules, most everybody get a medical. The fact they checked you in CA before the test shows that CA truely believes they are the republic of CA....guess they must have a state rule to supper-seed the federal that is more strict.

But I do agree...if you are in a commercial vehicle, just have a current medical.

 

Need a DOT medical before applying for CDL permit in Indiana as well