new DOT sleep study requirements

When you fill out your pre med form there will probably be a lot of questions tied to sleep. Just make sure you really look at the questions.

 

There are no new regs, and there never will be regs just requiring a sleep test, even the feds aren't stupid enough to try to pull that off for people that show no signs of it since most show no signs of needing one but even mentioning that was your first mistake. It makes it look like your fishing for a company that doesn't push them.

You do NOT snore!
You do NOT have issues sleeping through the night!
You wake up in the morning feeling GREAT!

hopefully you didn't shoot yourself in the foot. If you actually DO have any of those issues then get checked out on your own because sleep apnea can be a serious health issue IF you actually have it.

 

If it's really 35 you should have no problem providing a link to the FMCSA regulation stating such.

 

Unfortunately for a while it was a rule. The guidelines were removed but not before a lot of sleep labs were created. A lot of unscrupulous medical clinics still try to push these guidelines today. I'm hoping at some point a lawsuit gets filed to stop this crap.

 

"It's not law"

Or did you miss that part?

 

You're right I did miss that part, my appologies. Can you provide the FMCSA "guideline" stating a bmi of 35 is a criteria for sleep apnea testing?.

Any kind of justification for these companies and clinics bilking drivers.