DOT Card Expiring - Can't Get Physical

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This. My buddies expired for awhile cause he didn’t know he had to keep getting a dot physical. He wanted to keep his CDL as a backup cause he went into the IT field and deployed with guard. So when he went to the dmv acouple years later they told him just go get a dot physical and they’ll upgrade back to a CDL.

 

If I were still licensed and was planning to move out of the US for a while with plans to return I would have first checked out self-certifying intrastate excepted and therefore no longer need a DOT Medical card before leaving CONUS. Because I have no idea what the state of Tenn requires I can't give any advice except for maybe an emergency trip back home to fix this CF!

 

print and fill this form out, it's from the Tenn.gov site.

Affidavit Self-Certification.pdf (tn.gov)

I posted this couple months ago. it's all you need to do.

 

If you are somewhat near to a territory, there are some physicians on the dot roster that are oconus. I got one in Guam before. May be a shorter flight than to the mainland…