DOT physicals--new requirement--groan!

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DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! #51300 01/21/2013 8:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 463 Massachusetts jhowland OP Member
OP jhowland Member Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 463 Massachusetts	I just found out today that the Feds are going to require me to jump through another set of hoops. As a family doc I do DOT exams as a courtesy for patients. There's a new requirement that all docs in order to do the exams must be certified by something called the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners of the DOT by May 21, 2014. http://nrcme.fmcsa.dot.gov/index.aspx The Feds claim: "The goal of the National Registry is to promote and preserve the highest level of professional standards, training and care among medical examiners." As I understand the process we will have to take a training course and then an exam in order to be certified--and of course pay a fee. Anyone else heard much about this? I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of getting certified. John Howland, M.D. Family doc, Massachusetts

Re: DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! jhowland #51310 01/22/2013 6:44 AM
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koby Member Joined: May 2009 Posts: 837 Likes: 2 Canaan CT	Even chiropractors can sit for this registration, yikes!

Re: DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! jhowland #51312 01/22/2013 7:01 AM
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Leslie Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,002 Central Oregon	Not worth it to me!! Gives me the long sought-after excuse not to do the stupid, ill-conceived, meaningless exams and not tick my patients off. Bring it on Leslie Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC "It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "

Re: DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! jhowland #51318 01/22/2013 11:32 AM
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Bill Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 667 Santa Fe, NM	Yikes. I just looked at that. Another regulatory burden. I think I will let my local chiropractor do them if he/she wants. Bill Leeson, M.D. Solo Family Medicine Santa Fe, NM

Re: DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! jhowland #51321 01/22/2013 12:40 PM
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Mnemonic Member Joined: May 2009 Posts: 199 Likes: 1	I thought it is for interstate only. State DOTs don't require it??

Re: DOT physicals--new requirement--groan! Mnemonic #51322 01/22/2013 1:32 PM
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DocGene Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,023 Likes: 5 Cumberland, Md	We (Pennsylvania/Maryland/West Virginia) do not have state DOTs, they are all federal. Gene Gene Nallin MD solo family practice with one PA Cumberland, Md

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