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