cdl class b downgrade tx

usually you only have like 30 days to go and get a new DOT card, after that, yes, you have to do the permit, tests, and road test all over again.


page 5 here

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Med-Cert-State-Instructions-FINAL.pdf

 

and this, might be an updated version from Texas

CDL Downgraded for Medical Certification
If your CDL or CLP has been downgraded due to an expired Medical Examiner's Certificate, you must visit your local driver license office to be upgraded. A CDL that was downgraded to a driver license (DL) solely for failure to provide a valid medical variance or medical examiners certificate, may be upgraded back to your previous CDL status (including restrictions and endorsements) without taking CDL knowledge and skills exams provided the following conditions are met:

• The record status must be Eligible (NOT suspended, revoked, disqualified, canceled)
• The DL has not been expired for more than two years
• The DL has not been renewed or re-issued (address change, name change, replacement) as a non-commercial driver license since the CDL was downgraded
• You must meet all CDL requirements and provide valid medical variance or medical examiners certificate (if applicable) or certify to an excepted status
• Applicable transaction fees will apply

TxDPS - Commercial Driver License (CDL) Medical Certification Requirement

 

One thing I wish is being taught is that if a Medical Card is going to Expire, you can get home and declare Tier Two which will put you out of active trucking until such time you get valid Medical Card, then redeclare for Tier One and head back out with a full CDL.

 

my state does not offer that for the ordinary trucker...state DOT employee's only..(and you HAVE to provide proof of your employer) other wise, i would have kept my CDL until it was about to expire...in 3 years.

 

I used to live in Texas. They will just show you are medically uncertified until you get a physical. I went a year without my physical when I was out there once but I wasn't driving either