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Once again while conducting a level 2 inspection a drivers Med card was expired. He swears that he had just gotten it completed in Jan of this year. It looked new and not all worn out. This happens regularly during my duty. MAKE SURE the Doc or Nurse fills out the card correctly. If it says expiration date make sure they dont put the exam date....I have to go by what it says not what they meant to put in the space.
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Had the experience back in Jan. On the Expiration date, the doctor put the date of examination. I caught it the next day and "ran" back to his office to have it changed.
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Scaleslinger,
That scenario should be easy enough to verify and correct if necessary.
It is required that the examining physician enter his address and phone number on those cards. A quick call to that office should verify whether that driver was recently examined and the card filled out incorrectly. It will also determine if the card was truly issued by a physician or is one of the bootleg cards so often found in drivers' wallets.
I really wish it was not so easy for these drivers to purchase and exam form and card. But it is and we all know it.
I cetainly hope you followed up and verified the info on the card.
My staff and I check, double check, and triple check our work for accuracy. Not all examiners do and not all examiners are familiar enough with the certification paperwork to fill it out correctly.
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Here again is a familiar unnecessity that plagues the trucking industry; valid medical cards that are no good to some people because of "mistakes". The reason I say so is because it happened to me twice: Once in Arkansas, and the other in Texas. The AR. officer let me go because he realized that it was a mistake, but the Texas Trooper wasn't so nice, as my license was expired because "the DMV forgot to scan my long form medical report" when it was submitted. [IMG]http://www.truck.net/bbs/mad.gif[/IMG] A $5000.00 citation, and $200.00 in attorney fee's later, the Justice of the Peace agreed to dismiss the charge because she recognized that it was a "mistake" on the DMV's part.
This is why the medical card needs to be eliminated all together. It does more trouble than good. It is nothing but a revenue generating tool.
BTW, when the trooper examined my medical card (which was filled out and signed properly), he determined as an "expert" that the card was a "bogus one".
Erik; enjoying life in the information systems industry.
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Here again is a familiar unnecessity that plagues the trucking industry; valid medical cards that are no good to some people because of "mistakes". The reason I say so is because it happened to me twice: Once in Arkansas, and the other in Texas. The AR. officer let me go because he realized that it was a mistake, but the Texas Trooper wasn't so nice, as my license was expired because "the DMV forgot to scan my long form medical report" when it was submitted. [IMG]http://www.truck.net/bbs/mad.gif[/IMG] A $5000.00 citation, and $200.00 in attorney fee's later, the Justice of the Peace agreed to dismiss the charge because she recognized that it was a "mistake" on the DMV's part.
This is why the medical card needs to be eliminated all together. It does more trouble than good. It is nothing but a revenue generating tool.
BTW, when the trooper examined my medical card (which was filled out and signed properly), he determined as an "expert" that the card was a "bogus one".
Erik; enjoying life in the information systems industry.
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"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home"
-Ken Olsen, CEO of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977