Question about DOT medical certificate

You got a 3 month card, and it has expired. Sorry, you will have to get another physical and FIX the problem that caused you to get the 3 month physical.

 

You might not have been given a full 2 year card because of health problems they want you to address and if you did you need to go get another physical.

 

I will have to watch this one, I just renewed my card and it says a 2 year but on the top it says expires 9/2019.

 

I admit I missed that this was a Form question. However, let me ask you this question. I am a US Air Force vet discharged on 4 Dec 1980. On the top of my DD-214 on the top left it says form 1 July 1979, then about an inch to the right a statement that previous editions of this form are obsolete. Does this mean that all the Military vets discharged before 1 July 1979 no longer have valid 214s? Does this mean that my discharge is no longer valid because surly since 4 Dec 1980 that basic form has been rendered obsolete?

I am not trying to bust your balls here, and I am not trying to be a smarty. Just trying to get you to understand forms are changed all the time. I don't know why the DOT put that expiration date on that form. It doesn't matter because the basic physical is still active.

I want you to get that CDL and go make some money. There are many drivers here retired as I am and others still driving that will help you every way we can. However, you need to stay calm and stop worrying about form expiration dates unless someone tells you clearly otherwise. If not you will give yourself an ulcer. This job is hard enough as it is.

 

Some of the testing clinics are a joke. I'm in pretty good health but because of high blood pressure which is controlled I get a one-year card and the medical examiner's love it, I'm there cash cow.
Some of these clinics have been petitioning the FMCSA to add oversight for drivers who suffer with dandruff. Their studies show a diver could be scratching their head as they're driving down the road and pose a potential safety hazard those around them. Give it about 2 years they'll give you a 3-month card until you get your dandruff under control.. avoid the rush get a bottle of Head and shoulders today.


What a bunch of s***.

 

Op, you are good till the date the doc wrote on your dot exam. Ignore the form expiration date.

 

Man the good old days. When it was good for 3 years..