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Business
Court rules overweight truckers can be ordered for sleep apnea screening by carrier
A federal court has ruled that Crete Carrier Corp. is within its legal boundaries to require truckers at the company to be tested for sleep apnea if their body mass index is greater than 35.
October 14, 2016
Business
FMCSA medical board to make sleep apnea rule recommendations this month
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration later this month will take the next step toward a rulemaking governing the screening and treatment of truck drivers suspected of having moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
August 8, 2016
Business
Sleep apnea research: Truck operators must spend average of $1,200 for testing when apnea suspected
In wake of three federal listening sessions, ATRI’s driver survey on apnea drops data on high costs. New data from readers also show the incidence of screening, testing and treatment has continued to rise in recent years.
May 26, 2016
Business
Guilty until proven innocent: Answering key sleep-apnea questions
As new medical certification processes come into play, more drivers are being asked to get sleep apnea testing. Some are asking questions, getting varied answers – and being taken off the road prematurely.
September 4, 2014
Business
FMCSA group eyes sleep apnea regs
One recommendation would require all drivers with a body mass index measurement of 35 or higher to be tested for sleep apnea.
February 6, 2012
Business
The Apnea Hurdle
Coming regulations would force reckoning with a condition common to truckers. And that’s not all that could make passing the medical exam even harder.
February 1, 2012
Channel 19
Language of the MCSAC/MRB sleep apnea recommendations
You’ve more than likely seen the news, available via Overdrive here, that firm recommendations for guidance on required evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea among truck drivers with a body mass index (BMI) measurement of 35 or higher came down from the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee in their joint meeting with the Medical […]
December 8, 2011
Channel 19
Champion sumo wrestler/Idaho potato hauler
If rumored body-mass-index caps ever become a reality for interstate truckers (however doubtful that is), 420-lb. Kelly Gneiting (pictured, as featured in a Feb. 2009 edition of ESPN magazine) may well be there to prove the regulatory faults. As a sumo wrestler, he’s in top shape, he said in this recent story, on the website of the Denver […]
June 21, 2010
Business
Sleep apnea problems discussed
Trucking industry leaders and sleep medicine professionals gathered to find solutions to deal with sleep apnea in trucking.
May 13, 2010
Business
Wake up call
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected soon to raise the bar on screening and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.
March 1, 2010
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