Tag: national registry of certified medical examiners

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Broader search functionality returns to FMCSA’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners

The return of the more extensive search options comes amid the agency’s work to restore the NRCME website after it was taken offline by FMCSA in December after an unidentified source tried to plant malicious software (malware) in the system. Drivers can search via an examiner’s registry number, by name of examiner and business and via zip code.

June 29, 2018

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VA medical examiners land easier path to National Registry

The US DOT is helping ease the stress to be listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners for Department of Veterans Affairs medical examiners.

June 11, 2018

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Attempted malware attack the root of FMCSA examiner registry outage

After an attempted malware attack on the FMCSA's medical examiners registry, the FMCSA has taken the system offline until a more secure system can be deployed.

May 7, 2018

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Search returns to certified medical examiner site; FMCSA mum on hack details

Truckers can now search the DOT’s online registry for certified examiners by zip code, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but the full registry remains offline three months after a hack prompted its outage.

February 23, 2018

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FMCSA’s database of certified med examiners down indefinitely

They agency says it does not have a timeline for when the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners will be live again. The agency is directing drivers in need of medical certification to reach out to examiners directly “to verify that they are certified and listed.”

December 13, 2017

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FMCSA to allow truckers to use V.A. docs for medical certification

After completing FMCSA-administered training and testing, Veterans Affairs doctors would be listed in the National Registry. Military veteran truckers enrolled in the V.A. health care system would then be allowed to see approved V.A. docs to undergo their medical exam.

November 30, 2016

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Truckers asked to participate in ATRI survey on medical examiners

ATRI asks drivers in the survey about information regarding average length of haul, time with a CDL, any chronic conditions diagnosed by a physician or clinic, where the driver obtained his or her medical certificate and more about the medical exam process.

October 13, 2016

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ATRI wants truckers to weigh in on medical certification process

ATRI asks drivers in the survey about information regarding average length of haul, time with a CDL, any chronic conditions diagnosed by a physician or clinic, where the driver obtained his or her medical certificate and more about the medical exam process.

September 14, 2016

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FMCSA removes New York chiropractors from trucker medical examiner registry

The New York State Board of Chiropractic notified the doctors in September 2015 that under their authorized scope of practice, chiropractors licensed in New York weren’t authorized to conduct DOT physicals.

June 3, 2016

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Responding to apnea/med cert situation, OOIDA crowd-sources doc reviews

The D.O.T. Doc review and search site is live — it’s intended to grow into a resource drivers can use to share their experiences with each other relative to medical examiners around the nation.

January 30, 2015

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FMCSA bulletin on sleep apnea reiterates regs, ‘encourages’ examiners on treatment, screening

Facing widespread criticism over its examiners’/training organizations’ muddled approach to apnea in medical certification, and hamstrung by Congress, FMCSA attempts to settle the record on apnea regs with bulletin….

January 21, 2015

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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