Expired medical card - Disqualified CDL

Contact the Alabama DMV because some states make up their own rules about upgrading a cdl with an expired medical card.
Plenty of good trucking jobs around Huntsville area.
Schneider Bulk will probably pay for a refresher course and get you back on the road. They do a hair follicle drug test, so better be clean for the past 12 months.
Schneider Bulk is Schneider Transportation's tanker division. Good money there; probably make over $60K your first 12 months.

 

The medical card should be good in any state and shouldn't affect you changing your license to Alabama.
Don't let just any doctor give the physical; make sure they're on the approved list or the DMV won't accept it.
You can probably Google for approved doctors in Alabama or maybe the DMV has a list you can get a copy of or look at.

 

Sorry can't help you but I have to say this, it is what pisses me off, if your card expires or in your case you can't renew it, then you should have an option to suspend the privileges before until you can return to get the dot card and present it to the DMV to activate the privileges. The fmcsa reg allows the states to capture more money by allowing them to force CDL holders to have to go through the process again to be licensed.

 

Many states have CDL's with Valid Medical in what is called Tier One. It is a precise formal section of licenses valid to run Interstate Intrastate etc.

When I stopped OTR, I stopped getting DOT Medicals. I swore out a document under what is called Tier two to Arkansas saying I can keep my CDL A under grandfathering (Which is one of the few ways a old driver gets to keep a CDL) and also to keep it from getting suspended or revoked because I am not current medically (And never will be.)

In exchange that Tier two information on me and my CDL goes into a database. IF the USA gets attacked say in DC with a number of nuclear bombs, FMCSA and FEMA will look for Tier two truckers and recall them into service hauling dead bodies for cremation in the incinerators among other things. That is one of several very specific options to using a 18 wheeler in a commercial or National Emergency for war purposes etc only. As explained to me.

As long I swore out a Tier two paper every so often, i could retain my grandfathered CDL A with everything on it (Which is vision, written tests for all endorsement, air brake, gen knowledge etc, fees, real ID 2020 information and so on etc etc etc. I could purchase a 18 wheeler and drive it strictly private non commerical and be lawful for it provided I am not making a dollar doing it. (Its a example, a show truck that travels occasionally to sit in shows for people to enjoy.)

Most CDL Holders think they can roll on into the sunset for years and not worry about renewing the medical card. They changed that a couple years ago. You have to have a valid medical card on your CDL at all times for it to remain untouched by the State in Tier One. If you lapse the DOT medical and did not renew it (And more importantly did not VISIT THE DMV and swear out a Tier two, three or four level to retain your CDL without a medical card your CDL will be suspended with everything that goes with suspension. (Its a computer thing nothing personal and is part of our laws that has recently been changed to do this)

It's also a way of forcing truckers to constantly report for DOT medical anyway. Suppose you visit DOC and get a nice DOT Medical and next week go to orientation in Kentucky. You will be sent to that company doctor for a FRESH DOT Medical card there. So we are in a two part trap. If you don't have a DOT medical you are eff'ed. If you DO have a DOT medical you are still eff'ed because it's not treated with respect and you go to another company doctor who may or may not issue you a new DOT medical.

 

Your license is downgraded. Alabama is only going to allow you an operator's license because that is what Indianna says you have. You will lot be able to show up with an old CDL and a physical because Alabama is going to run a license check.

Get you CLP, grab a physical, go rent a truck, find an office to test, and get your A.


State of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency

 

Really? What does FEMA do when you say, "Eff off, I'm not doing it."?

 

I already did that.

Turning in the CDL. Im just a basic car license and also the reefer trucks with the dead will look too much like food trucks.

As far as FEMA they have their own problems being the ABC system of containment and recovery of the disaster area or city or states.

This is not a enforceable situation. There isnt anything to enforce if a tier two is not in a position to go out across the country and do the work.