The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing the removal of medical examiners (MEs) from its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners if they fail to access their accounts using login.gov and update required profile information.
Since June 2018, the FMCSA has attempted to notify approximately 15,727 examiners in the registry by using the contact details provided in their National Registry accounts.
These MEs, responsible for performing DOT physicals, risk being unable to fulfill regulatory obligations, such as reporting physical results, receiving FMCSA communications, and completing mandatory training. MEs removed from the registry will lose certification to conduct DOT physicals for truckers.
To avoid removal, affected MEs must take corrective actions within 30 days of the notice, published on Wednesday, Jan. 24. This involves creating a login.gov account and updating outdated contact information. Failure to complete this process within the given timeframe will result in removal from the National Registry.
FMCSA emphasizes that MEs not using login.gov must be removed before June 23, 2025, when the agency will start electronically transmitting medical certification information to state driver’s licensing agencies. Failure to access the National Registry account and report physical results means FMCSA cannot electronically transmit the information to drivers’ records.
Medical certificates issued by MEs removed from the Registry will remain valid. However, the removed MEs will be listed on the public website for three years, indicating that they are no longer certified as MEs.
Source: Overdrive
