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Central Transport | May 2014 FMCSA Requirements

Maybe I just don't know how to read but all I saw in this link was an article about getting dr's certified by the dot for giving physicals
 
I guess we better start working out , most likely have to go to a regulated DOT gym get an hour on the treadmill every morning before we log in, get daily BMI checks to monitor our progress, ???? just kidding but you know what I mean. Good info thanks.
 
Hahaha!! Yeah they (the dot) probably will make us go to a gym but after the first 30 min. We have to take some kind of madatory break. Then we have to have a re set before we can go back after so many visits!! LOL!! It's getting kind of ridiculous. I just wanted to get this out there becsuse in true dot/fmcsa fashion they slid something else in with all of the other red tape!! Have a good one and Merry Christmas everybody!!!
 
I found out about the sleep apnea requirements over 4 years ago (was diagnosed about 10 years ago) when they started playing around with the idea of making more money off of our companies by restricting our cards to 1 year, and making us perform in a circus with all the jumping through hoops to please a Dr, then having the next doctor want you to jump through an entire different set of hoops, if this passes I hope they standardize the requirements and publish what they are so we can prepare ourselves with what we need before we go in.
 
last time I went in I thought i finally had the rules figured out prepared and got all the paperwork together and what do you know he wasn't happy and made me get all kinds of letters from my dr to show I'm stable, and also told me that next year i would have to have another sleep study because it's been more than 3 days since my last one. (sarcasm intended). but my Dr did say that insurances aren't paying for sleep studys anymore unless they are referred by a specialist, I guess sleep apnea is becoming the diag of choice for anything that is wrong with you. just like ADHD was the default diag for a hyperactive boy.
 
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