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Diabetes
Government, Business, Safety

Truckers Confront Risk Factors for Diabetes

About nine years ago, California-based longhaul truck driver Richard Hall was in for a big surprise when he got his first Department of Transportation medical exam.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 4, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Formally Ends Its Driver Diabetes Exemption Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Feb. 21 formally announced the immediate end of its exemption process for the medical certification of insulin-dependent truck and bus drivers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 21, 2019
Government, Business

FMCSA Rule Eliminating Exemptions for Diabetic Drivers Takes Effect

After years in limbo, a final rule became effective in November allowing medical examiners — in consultation with a truck driver’s treating clinician — to decide whether an insulin-treated diabetic driver is qualified to get behind the wheel.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
November 27, 2018
Business, Safety

Truck Drivers' Risk for Diabetes Far Greater Than National Average

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Health education specialist Kay Pfeiffer compares diabetic professional truck drivers who are not testing their blood sugar with “driving at night without headlights — and you’re going to crash.”

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 23, 2018
Safety

More Diabetic Drivers Seek Exemptions, but Often Face Long Waits, Groups Say

The number of insulin-dependent diabetic interstate truck and bus drivers requesting exemptions to stay behind the wheel is on the rise, but the current approval process is time-consuming and medical guidelines can be vague, trucking and diabetes groups said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 8, 2017
Government, Safety

FMCSA Seeking Comment on Medical Review Board's Diabetes Recommendations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on a slate of guidelines recommended by the agency’s medical experts for drivers with diabetes to operate commercial motor vehicles.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 8, 2016
Government, Safety

FMCSA Mulling Over Whether Exemption Process Is Necessary for Diabetic Drivers

The Federal Motor Carriers Administration has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under which truck drivers with controlled diabetes would no longer have to apply for medical exemptions.

Michele Fuetsch | Staff Reporter
May 5, 2015

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