Frequently Asked Questions

If your suspension and/or revocation are for not submitting a current DOT Medical Examination Report, you may submit it by fax to 623-925-9323 or by e-mail (see Contact Medical Review). If your DOT Medical Examination Report is dated after the due date, you will be required to visit an MVD CDL office to reinstate your driving privilege.

If items on the form are missing or incomplete, we will request the additional information. Your medical examiner must initial and date all changes.

Note: Any request for restrictions to be added must be done at an MVD CDL office. A duplicate license fee will apply.

If you do not submit the requested information in a timely manner, your CDL privilege will be suspended and/or revoked. If you become suspended and/or revoked the requested information can be faxed to 623-925-9323 or e-mailed to medicalreview@azdot.gov. You will be required to visit a MVD CDL office to reinstate and pay any applicable fees.

If you receive suspension and/or revocation notices informing you that you do not meet medical and/or vision standards for a CDL, contact the Medical Review Program at medicalreview@azdot.gov or 602-771-2460 for details.

The DOT Medical Examination Report, and Medical Examiner Certificate are available online.

Medical Doctor (MD)
Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
Doctor of Chiropractic (DC)
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
Physician Assistant (PA)

The USDOT physical examination is required to help ensure that a person is medically qualified to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle. In the interest of public safety, commercial motor vehicle drivers are generally held to higher physical, mental and emotional standards than passenger car drivers.

Please visit Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) website.

Effective January 1, 2000, the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 created the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) as a separate administration within the US Department of Transportation. The primary mission of FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. FMCSA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and employs more than 1,000 individuals (in all 50 states), the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. For more information, go to About FMCSA on the FMCSA website.

A copy should be on file in the medical examiner’s office. You may request a replacement copy from the medical examiner, or a copy may be available from your employer.

Two years, unless otherwise specified for a shorter period by the medical examiner.

You are required to notify us of a physical condition that develops or worsens causing noncompliance with the CDL physical qualifications, as soon as your medical condition allows. Once the medical condition is resolved, and before resuming operation of commercial vehicles, you are responsible for obtaining re-certification from a medical examiner.

The FMCSA medical certification process is designed to ensure drivers are physically qualified to operate commercial vehicles safely. Each driver is required to complete the Health History section on the first page of the examination report and certify that the responses are complete and true.

The driver must also certify that he or she understands that inaccurate, false or misleading information may invalidate the examination and medical examiner certificate. Deliberate omission or falsification of information may invalidate the examination and any certificate issued based on it. A civil penalty may also be levied against the driver under 49 USC 521(b)(2)(b), either for making a false statement or for concealing a disqualifying condition.

You cannot take a controlled substance or prescription medication without a prescription from a licensed practitioner.

You are not qualified if using a controlled substance identified in 21 CFR 1308.11 (Code Of Federal Regulations) Schedule I, an amphetamine, a narcotic, or any other habit-forming drug.

There is an exception: The prescribing doctor can write that you are able to safely operate a commercial vehicle while taking the medication. In this case, the medical examiner may, but does not have to, certify the driver.

Note: Any medication used for the prevention of seizures is disqualifying.

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This is at the discretion of the medical examiner; if the driver returns to the same medical examiner within the time required, the CDL driver is not required to repeat the entire physical examination. However if the medical examiner is to extend the certification, it must be extended from the original date of exam, and a new certification card completed.

No. A driver is disqualified if any form of insulin is used.

No. Byetta is a non-insulin injection.