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SECTION : 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 • From one State to another State or a foreign
IRP, Inc. the official repository for the IRP. Ad- submit by mail, send copies to: country;
ditional information can be found on the IRP, DDS
Inc. website at www.irponline.org. There is a Attn: RM-CDL • Between two places within a State, but during
training video on the website home page avail- P.O. Box 80447 part of the trip, the CMV crosses into another
able in English, Spanish and French Conyers, GA 30013 State or foreign country; or
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 1. Each individual holding a CDL permit or CDL
Agreement at the official repository of IFTA at license will be responsible for providing new Intrastate commerce is The cargo on the
http://www.iftach.org/index.php. vehicle originated in the state and will not leave
copies of Medical Examiner Certificates and
any applicable variances ((i.e. Vision waivers, the state and you do not meet any of the descrip-
1.6 – Medical Documentation tions above for interstate commerce.
Requirements Skills Performance waivers, Diabetic waivers) 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 USDOT physi-
the initial issuance of a CDL will be required cals must be performed by a qualified health interstate commerce.
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 of Certified Medical Examiners. Cards that in interstate commerce or intrastate com-
Certificate and any applicable variance docu- are submitted without a National Registry merce, you must decide whether you operate
ments (i.e. Vision waivers, Skills Performance number will not be processed. (or expect to operate) in a non-excepted or
waivers, Diabetic waivers). These documents 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 certificates and/ only for the following excepted activities:
DDS Customer Service Center in person. The or variances may require retesting and addi- • To transport school children and/or school
change may result in restrictions being removed tional fees to get your CDL privileges restored. staff between home and school;
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. • To transport human corpses or sick or injured
online by creating an account on the DDS web- Do you, or will you, use a CDL to operate a
persons;

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