{"id":34541,"date":"2014-01-10T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/news\/fmcsa-extends-medical-cert-requirement-for-bus-ops\/"},"modified":"2014-01-10T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T20:07:13","slug":"fmcsa-extends-medical-cert-requirement-for-bus-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fmcsa-extends-medical-cert-requirement-for-bus-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"FMCSA extends medical cert requirement for bus ops","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) Jan. 10 announced that it is extending by one year, until Jan. 30, 2015, a requirement that interstate commercial driver\u2019s license (CDL) holders retain paper copies of their medical examiner\u2019s certificate and continue to make the document available for review upon request at the roadside by federal and state commercial motor vehicle inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2008, FMCSA issued a Final Rule modernizing, streamlining, and simplifying recordkeeping obligations for drivers, carriers and state governments by requiring that a driver\u2019s medical certification record be merged with state-issued CDLs.<\/p>\n<p>States received support from FMCSA to implement the necessary IT system upgrades and merge the records into one, online database \u2013 the Commercial Driver\u2019s License Information System (CDLIS).<\/p>\n<p>FMCSA announced the one-year extension today to protect commercial drivers from being cited for violations because some states are not yet in full compliance with the new system. 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