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by Shrinkrap - 02/06/2026 5:56 PM
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01/21/2013 7:15 PM
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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.aspxThe 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
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Even chiropractors can sit for this registration, yikes!
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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. "
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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
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I thought it is for interstate only. State DOTs don't require it??
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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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