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§ 1609.2. Medical certification

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 75 Pa.C.S.A. VehiclesEffective: January 27, 2012

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Title, Registration and Licensing (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 16. Commercial Drivers (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 27, 2012
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1609.2
§ 1609.2. Medical certification
Currentness
(a) Requirements.--An individual who certifies that the individual operates or expects to operate a commercial motor vehicle in nonexcepted interstate commerce or nonexcepted intrastate commerce shall provide the department with an original or photographic copy of a medical examiner's certificate prepared by a medical examiner. The medical examiner's certificate shall be valid for up to two years from the date of the medical examination.
(b) Maintaining certification.--A CDL holder who certifies intent to operate a commercial motor vehicle in nonexcepted interstate commerce or nonexcepted intrastate commerce shall provide the department with an original or copy of a subsequently issued medical examiner's certificate.
(c) Noncompliance with medical requirements.--
(1) This subsection applies in the following circumstances:
(i) Upon the expiration of a medical certification or a medical variance issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the department.
(ii) If the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration notifies the department that a medical variance was rescinded.
(2) If this subsection applies, the department shall notify a nonexcepted commercial driver that the driver is no longer in conformance with the medical certification requirements and that the CDL designation will be removed from the driver's license unless the driver:
(i) submits a current medical certificate or medical variance; or
(ii) changes the self-certification to driving only in excepted interstate commerce or excepted intrastate commerce.

Credits

2012, Jan. 27, P.L. 1, No. 1, § 5, imd. effective.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1609.2, PA ST 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1609.2
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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