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DOT calls for train operators to be screened for sleep apnea, FMCSA holding off
FMCSA and the Federal Railroad Administration worked together on a sleep apnea rulemaking earlier this year, but FRA is already making recommendations to have train operators screened for apnea during their DOT-required exams. FMCSA says it will not follow FRA’s lead — yet.
December 5, 2016
Business
FMCSA advisory boards will meet this month to discuss sleep apnea screening rule
Two separate FMCSA advisory boards will meet separately and jointly Oct. 24 to focus on recommendations for a rule to require sleep apnea screening and treatment for at-risk drivers.
October 13, 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 rulemaking comments due Friday
Drivers have through Friday, July 8, to make comments on the effects a potential sleep apnea rulemaking could have on them and on the industry.
July 4, 2016
Business
FMCSA extends comment period for potential sleep apnea rulemaking
Commenters looking to weigh in on the effects a potential sleep apnea rule would have on truck drivers and the trucking industry now have an extra month to do so.
June 7, 2016
Business
Truckers to FMCSA: Make sure medical examiners are on same page relative to sleep apnea
“FMCSA should get out of the medical field and leave it to the doctors,” Curl said. “Doctors should be the only ones deciding if drivers are fit to be on the road.”
May 26, 2016
Business
OOIDA requests comment period extension on sleep apnea rule
OOIDA has asked the agencies to extend the deadline 60 days from its current May 23 deadline, as a comprehensive study is set to be published in the coming days related to sleep apnea’s costs to the industry.
May 20, 2016
Business
Getting to FMCSA’s sleep apnea listening sessions May 12, 17 and 25
The sessions, in downtown Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Ill.; and Los Angeles are not in locales that are particularly truck-friendly. Here find tips on attending and an information source for parking and transport to the sessions.
May 4, 2016
Channel 19
Sleep apnea twilight zone in California: The strange trials of Greg Price
Price’s story illustrates that when faced with a bureaucratic mistake, followed quite clearly by bureaucratic insolence, persistence for what is right and correct and true can ultimately win the day.
July 23, 2015
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