[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 49CFR391.45]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 391_QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS AND LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV) 
DRIVER INSTRUCTORS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart E_Physical Qualifications and Examinations
 
Sec. 391.45  Persons who must be medically examined and certified.

    Except as provided in Sec. 391.67, the following persons must be 
medically examined and certified in accordance with Sec. 391.43 as 
physically qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle:
    (a) Any person who has not been medically examined and certified as 
physically qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle;
    (b)(1) Any driver who has not been medically examined and certified 
as qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle during the preceding 
24 months; or
    (2) Any driver authorized to operate a commercial motor vehicle only 
with an exempt intracity zone pursuant to Sec. 391.62, or only by 
operation of the exemption in Sec. 391.64, if such driver has not been 
medically examined and certified as qualified to drive in such zone 
during the preceding 12 months; and
    (c) Any driver whose ability to perform his/her normal duties has 
been impaired by a physical or mental injury or disease.

[35 FR 6460, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 36 FR 223, Jan. 7, 1971; 54 FR 
12202, Mar. 24, 1989; 61 FR 13347, Mar. 26, 1996]