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"The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is focused on reducing
crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses."
In carrying out its safety mandate to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving
large trucks and buses, FMCSA:
- Develops and enforces data-driven regulations that balance motor carrier (truck
and bus companies) safety with industry efficiency.
- Harnesses safety information systems to focus on higher-risk carriers in enforcing
safety regulations.
- Targets educational messages to carriers, commercial drivers, and the public.
- Partners with stakeholders including Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies,
the motor carrier industry, safety groups, and organized labor on efforts to reduce
bus and truck-related crashes.
FMCSA Web site
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"The mission of the Office of Medical Programs is
to promote the safety of America's roadways through the promulgation and implementation
of medical regulations, guidelines and policies that ensure commercial motor vehicle
drivers engaged in interstate commerce are physically qualified to do so."
To promote safety, the Office of Medical Programs:
- Oversees the national medical certification process for commercial motor vehicle
drivers who operate in interstate commerce.
- Develops and implements medical regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Oversees and supports the Medical Review Board in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
- Develops and implements the national registry program — a national medical
examiner system and a linked national driver medical reporting system.
- Conducts and oversees the Agency's medical exemption and certificate programs.
- Serves as the lead Federal agency for the regulation of commercial motor vehicle
driver health and safety and conducts relevant medical research.
Medical Program Page
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"The primary mission of the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
is to improve highway safety by producing trained, certified medical examiners who
can effectively determine if a commercial motor vehicle driver's health meets Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration standards."
FMCSA has begun the rulemaking process for proposing the National Registry of Certified
Medical Examiners (NRCME) program.
The certified medical examiner would:
- Demonstrate an understanding of FMCSA physical qualification requirements and the
demands of commercial driving, driver tasks, and the work environment.
- Perform driver certification examinations in accordance with FMCSA physical qualification
requirements and medical guidelines.
NRCME Web site
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