Getting my physical tomorrow

It's not that. It's just "the way we've always done it" mentality. The good news is it won't cost you anything. Sucks that you had to pay to get a medical card for such a short time, but since the company will pay for your newest one (per their policy) it really isn't worth getting upset over

 

They will want a fresh physical, pretty standard in the industry. More about Insurance liabilities than shady doctors.

 

Some companies accept your current DOT medical card. They usually just give a drug test. They will want a copy of the long form though, so keep that in a safe place.

 

Chinatown has a list of companies that accept existing med cards, but I wouldn't choose a company based on that unless your are pretty sure you won't get a full 2yr card from a new physical.

I imagine companies like doing their because of shady med cards that were floating around years ago.

 

Better make sure the DR is on the list... or the Physical is no good.

Link - National Registry..

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Good point. You don't usually see fmcsa docs based at hospitals.