Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:403.4 – Medical evaluation report required of persons driving a commercial motor vehicle
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:403.4
- Commerce: means transportation for the purpose of compensation, remuneration, employment, trade, or payment of any thing of value. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle meets one of the following requirements:
(a) Has a gross combination weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
- Motor vehicle: means and includes automobiles, trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, semitrailers, and motorcycles, propelled by steam, gasoline, electricity, or any other source of energy other than muscular power, except electric-assisted bicycles, farm implements temporarily operated or moved on a highway or vehicles operated only on rails or tracks constructed therefor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A.(1) A person applying for a Class “A”, “B”, or “C” commercial driver’s license shall not have any physical or mental disability affecting the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Such person, unless exempted by the office of motor vehicles or by a rule or regulation, shall provide a current medical examiner’s certificate, on a form approved by the office of motor vehicles, prepared by a duly licensed medical examiner, certifying that he is capable of exercising ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Such person shall submit a valid medical examiner’s certificate at every renewal and shall carry a current medical examiner’s certificate on his person at all times when driving a commercial motor vehicle requiring either a Class “A”, “B”, or “C” commercial driver’s license as defined herein.
(2) A person applying for a commercial driver’s license shall certify one of the following:
(a) Non-excepted interstate. That he operates or expects to operate in interstate commerce, is subject to and meets the qualification requirements of 49 Part CFR 391, and is required to obtain a medical examiner’s certificate as required by 49 C.F.R. § 391.45.
(b) Excepted interstate. That he operates or expects to operate in interstate commerce, but engages exclusively in transportation or operations that are exempted from the qualification requirements of 49 C.F.R. part 391 pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 390.3(f), 391.2, 391.68, or 398.3, and is therefore not required to obtain a medical examiner’s certificate by 49 C.F.R. § 391.45.
(c) Non-excepted intrastate. That he operates only in intrastate commerce and therefore is subject to state driver qualification requirements.
(d) Excepted intrastate. That he operates in intrastate commerce but engages exclusively in transportation or operations excepted from state driver qualification requirements.
B. “Medical examiner” means a person who is licensed, certified, or registered to perform physical examinations.
Acts 1989, No. 293, §1, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1995, No. 1086, §1; Acts 2012, No. 408, §1.