Yeah a few people can do that but the actual truth is MOST can not. They need to see a doc and get on meds or be guided to better/healthier lifestyles.
What gets me is the idea that this can be ignored, when a lot of drivers end up being too sick or in such bad shape that they can't driver safely and endanger a lot of others because of it.
DOT Physical 3 Month
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Edd03, Jul 12, 2019.
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Last edited: Jul 14, 2019
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One more thing on this doctor shopping subject. I was hesitant to bring it up because what I heard was 2nd handed and I had no way to confirm. What I heard was a person got a letter from their state DMV informing them that their physical had expired and they had so many days to get another one. Turns out the FMCSA had voided that physical out. The person later admitted not informing the examiner of a prior physical. There is so much hyperbole and out and out falsehoods all over the internet about this subject as well as drug testing it is hard to know anything for sure. Just be aware the FMCSA can flag your physical if 2 lands in the system close together timewise.
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So in February I took this the 3rd DOT physical to CA DMV, They ask what was up, I just told them I was required by the employers to take them, and I wanted the DOT Physical with the newest date on file. No problem, they filed the 3rd in as many months DOT physicals. There is no law about taking too many as per CA DMV, as long as you dont let them expire. And the doctor does not file the report, you file it with DMV. The doctor will send it to the company that paid for it, But its up to the company or the licensee to do the DMV filing, and DMV forwards it to FMCSA according to CA DMV.
This information is straight from the CA DMV supervisor in Palmdale CA as of February of this year.
Checking my PSP on the FMCSA website the dates match my filing dates at CA DMV Palmdale CA. It simply shows Physical Update. And I had a Premployment physical I refused because I did not like the doctor the company had sent me to, Now the company did not hire me (Oh Well), but it is not on my PSP or DMV or DAC. -
Bottom line FMCSA can do anything they want, as far as stories from other drivers about people they know or their uncles, I post what I have experienced, not a friend told me.
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