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Things To Be Prepared For Your Appointment

• Make sure to continue taking your prescribed medications as usual.
• Wear loose clothing for the physical exam.
• Don’t use the restroom just before your appointment. You will need to give a small urine sample for a kidney screen. This is not for a drug test.

Things You Must Bring To Your Appointment

• Your valid driver’s license.
• Eye glasses or contact lenses, if applicable. If you recently had an eye exam it would be helpful, but not necessary, to bring that exam report with you.
• A working hearing aid, if applicable.
• List of medications, and the name and contact information of the prescribing doctor.
• Medical release opinion letter (get template) from your primary doctor or specialist for any medical conditions being treated, or recent illness, injury, or surgery.
• Current FMCSA Waiver or Exemption Certificate or Skills Performance Evaluation if applicable.

What To Expect During The Examination

• The doctor will review your health history with you.
• Conduct a thorough physical examination.
• Run a urine screen (dip-stick test) for urine specific gravity, urine protein, urine blood, and urine sugar, to check for the onset of possible disqualifying medical conditions.

How Long Is A DOT Medical Card Good For?

• 2 years – If you meet all the FMCSA DOT Regulations for Commercial Driver Fitness.
• A limited time, usually 1 year or 6 months, if periodic monitoring is required for certain medical conditions.
• A limited time, usually a 1 to 3 month window, if you have a recently diagnosed condition that you are working with your primary care doctor to get under control.
• Temporarily disqualified. A medical condition or medication may cause your medical card to be disqualified until the disqualifying conditions are rectified.

Other Questions About the DOT Physical

• No. The DOT doctor will have the forms that are needed.
• The Medical Examination Report For Commercial Driver Fitness (Long Form).
• The Medical Examiner’s Certificate (DOT Card)
• To save time, some DOT physical offices will make the Driver Information and Health History section of the Medical Examination Report available before your appointment, so you can complete it before the exam.

• No, you do not have to get naked. You may need to loosen or remove your shirt so the examiner can listen to heart sounds and do an abdominal check.

• No, drug testing is not part of a DOT physical exam.
• Be aware that if you have been sent by your company for a DOT physical, they may request – in addition – that a drug screen is done. The drug test is an additional cost.

• The urine test is just a kidney screen to test for sugar and protein. It’s done to determine that there is no early onset of conditions like high blood pressure breaking down the kidneys, or early signs of diabetes, or kidney infection.

• On the first page of the Medical Examination Report you must certify that your responses are complete and true. Making a false statement for concealing a medical condition may invalidate the examination and the Medical Examiner’s Certificate.