Failure to report prescription meds on DOT Medical form for 2 year wallet card

well...not to be argumentive...but that is word for word what it says....

 

I was at our terminal at the other company. A guy I was talking to was telling me the meds he was on. I knew he could not get a physical for driving with the meds.

He went to get the physical and came back with a 2 year card. I asked how.

He said, I never tell them I take a thing.

 

well we all gotta be wrong sometime....that being always right thing was getting old (me)....LOL

 

You in ND or TX.

 

TX.....why??

 

Saw where you had said you were back in oil and thought you were in tx but saw a post about nd.

 

CB was in ND the beg of the year...then we were back on the road fow about 4 months...but it was temp cuz of my health...now in the midland/odessa area....

 

Be careful here, your original statements indicated the driver did not report the medications he took, and then some discussion came up about not having to report drugs....however that is not true.

If the driver wrote the list of medications in the Medical Examiner's section, then it should have had comment by the examiner in it, "medicines reviewed does not affect during driving" etc.. in his section.

The driver however, in the section directly above the medical examiners block section is required to list all medications that should then be documented by the doctor in his section. You can't assume the medications only affect the driver during sleep...many drugs and sleep aids make it clear, that even after sleeping there may still be grogginess etc., and drugs affect different people differently.

If the driver didn't list the medications in his section, and then the doctor didn't comment on them in his section, you still may have a problem because as you can see in the instructions in the medical examiner's section "...This discussion must be documented below."

 

But every lawyer isn't a trucker!

Must read... concerns doctor must ask you about any prescriptions. This puts you in a lie or tell the truth situation.

http://nrcme.fmcsa.dot.gov/mehandbook/med4_ep.aspx

Most importantly on the long form it asks you....

Then you must certify by signing the form is correct.



All it takes is one drunk to run into you and get killed and not even your fault. The lawyers will get the courts approval to get your medical records. They will prove you falsified your physical deeming your medical card void and your CDL void. You shouldn't of been in that truck at that point and time. Good bye house, car and boat!


Always be honest and up front with your physical. If he deems you unsafe to drive he is probably right.

There are little things one can do for their physical like not drink caffeine or smoke cigarettes before the physical. Eat a no sugar, low white carb diet the 12 hours before a physical.