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- SECTION f: INTRODUCTION
For additional information on the IRP and site at dds.georgia.gov. Please note that a new CMV in interstate or intrastate commerce?
the requirements related to the IRP, contact your self-certification form is not required each time Interstate commerce is when you drive a CMV:
base jurisdiction motor vehicle department or an updated medical certificate is submitted. To
IRP, Inc. the official repository for the IRP. Ad submit by mail, send copies to: • From one State to another State or a foreign
country;
ditional information can be found on the IRP,
Inc. website at www.irponline.org. There is a DDS • Between two places within a State, but during
Attn: RM-CDL
training video on the website home page avail part of the trip, the CMV crosses into another
able in English, Spanish and French P.O. Box 80447 State or foreign country; or
Conyers, GA 30013
For additional information on IFTA and • Between two places within a State, but the
the requirements related to IFTA, contact the To submit in person you can visit any DDS cargo is part of a trip that began or will end
appropriate agency in your base jurisdiction. Customer Service Center. in another State or foreign country.
You will also find useful information about the
Agreement at the official repository of IFTA at 1. Each individual holding a CDL permit or CDL Intrastate commerce is The cargo on the
http://www.iftach.org/index.php. license will be responsible for providing new vehicle originated in the state and will not leave
copies of Medical Examiner Certificates and
the state and you do not meet any of the descrip
1.6- Medical Documentation any applicable variances ((i.e. Vision waivers, tions above for interstate commerce.
Skills Performance waivers, Diabetic waivers)
Requirements If you operate in both intrastate commerce
Any person applying for a CDL permit or prior to the expiration of those documents. and interstate commerce, you must choose
Effective May 21, 2014, all new USOOT physi
the initial issuance of a CDL will be required interstate commerce.
cals must be performed by a qualified health
to self-certify to a single type of commercial professional listed on the National Registry Once you decide you operate or will operate
operation and provide a copy of their Medical in interstate commerce or intrastate com
Certificate and any applicable variance docu of Certified Medical Examiners. Cards that merce, you must decide whether you operate
are submitted without a National Registry
ments (i.e. Vision waivers, Skills Performance (or expect to operate) in a non-excepted or
waivers, Diabetic waivers). These documents number will not be processed. excepted status. This decision will tell you to
must be presented at the time of application 2. If you are required to have a "certified" medi which of the four types of commerce you must
at a Department of Driver Services Customer cal status and fail to provide and keep up-to self-certify.
Service Center. date your medical examiner's certificate, you You operate in excepted interstate commerce
If a person wishes to change their self-certi become 'not-certified'. when you drive a CMV in interstate commerce
fication status, they will be required to visit a 3. Failure to provide valid medical certcates and/ only for the following excepted activities:
DDS Customer Service Center in person. The • To transport school children and/or school
change may result in restrictions being removed or variances may require retesting and addi staff between home and school;
tional fees to get your CDL privileges restored.
or added to the license which will require a new
license be issued at that time. Updated medical You will need to self-certify based on how you • As Federal, State or local government em
certificates and waivers may be submitted to use the CMV. The following information will ployees;
DDS by fax (at 770.918.6271), mail, in person, or help you determine how you should self-certify.
online by creating an account on the DDS web- Do you, or will you, use a CDL to operate a • To transport human corpses or sick or injured
persons;
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