DOT disqualifying health conditions may force truckers off the road, but these conditions may not be a permanent obstacle for the driver or your business. Understanding the criteria, the function of the medical examiner, and when discretion may be allowed in deciding whether or not to provide certification will help keep your business working at full speed.
While a complete list of disqualifying conditions would be hard to fit into one page, we wanted to outline some of the main ones that are encountered:
