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Connecticut CDL Requirements
All Connecticut CDL holders are required to be medically qualified to drive a CMV by the means of a valid DOT medical certificate.
If you become “Not-Certified”, you will receive a downgrade letter advising you that the DMV has not received your valid medical certificate. If you do not submit your valid medical certificate by the downgrade date listed in your letter, your license will be downgraded to a Class D license.
You are required to send to DMV an updated medical certificate MCSA-5876 prior to the expiration date.
By Mail:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Driver Services
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161
By Fax:
860-263-5568
By Email:
dmv.cdl@ct.gov
You can check the status of your license at this link:
https://www.dmvselfservice.ct.gov/LicenseStatusService.aspx
Self Certification Requirements
Federal law requires all Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders and Commercial Learner Permit (CLP) holders to provide ” self-certification” of driving type:
Information about certification types:
See description of driving types for you to choose here.
Self-certify here:
https://www.dmvselfservice.ct.gov/CDLSelfCertiForm.aspx
Once you go to the website above and successfully self-certify, you will receive an e-mail confirmation.
Other Contact Information:
Website: http://www.ct.gov/dmv/
Special Information Updates Pertaining To ALL STATES
MEDICAL EXAMINERS MUST CONTINUE TO ISSUE MEDICAL CERTIFICATES TO ALL DRIVERS
The FMCSA has requested that all medical examiners continue providing drivers with a paper copy of the Medical Examiner’s Certificate – Form MCSA-5876, so that Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) holders can provide a copy to the State licensing agency, and the non-CDL drivers can provide the documentation to their employers and Federal and State enforcement officials.
The Agency is currently completing efforts to put into place an electronic system to enable medical examiners to transmit the medical certificate information from the National Registry system to the State licensing agencies.
Until that system is completed, which compliance date according FMCSA is June 23, 2025, medical examiners must continue to issue paper copies of the medical certificates to drivers who pass the medical exam.
ALL DRIVERS MUST CONTINUE TO CARRY A PAPER COPY OF THEIR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Commercial Drivers – You still need to carry a paper copy of your medical card, until FMCSA announces that this is no longer necessary.
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updated 11/13/18
Hi. I certify all new hires for my company and we recently hired Connecticut drivers …Connecticut has a process that I cant quite figure out. I did write to them directly and the same answer appeared…fax it in, however it seems that they have a three step process.
1, Go to the gov site.
2. Fill out the site info.
3. Wait for a email verification…(and here is where I need clarification) The driver must take the Email verification to the CT DMV?!
I live in ct. My cdl dot medical card expires August17th. Whens the last day i have till to go to doctor for renewal?
@Donna
August 17!
Hello,
I’m just a little confused about self-certifying. I’m changing my Massachusetts CDL to a Connecticut CDL. Do I self-certify before I transfer the license or after? As of now, the website won’t let me type my Massachusetts CDL number in because it starts with a letter, but without the letter, the system says there aren’t enough characters. Any insight would be appreciated. Going to the DMV today!
If a driver was downgraded in February 2016 from Class A to D because they did not self certify and update the medical card. Now that it is 6 months later can they still submit the new medical /updated card and be upgraded? Or does the process start all over again? Re apply for CDL, test, permit etc.?
It’s in the state of Conn.
@Cheryl
This website, DOTPhysicalDOCTORS, focused on federal medical certification.
Your question is related to drivers license. You’ll need to ask this to your drivers license department. Only they can answer your question for you. Each state has their own rules.
Yes you can still do it but it have to a new medical certification long form and card
I would like the Internet at two I was recently in a bad motorcycle accident where is gonna take me a year to two years to recover so therefore I will not pass medical exam you’re going to downgrade me can I get my license back
@ Mike
Once fully recovered, without restrictions, you may be able to have your cdl re-instated. Check with your local drivers license department for steps to be taken now to help you in the future.
I have not worked as a commercial driver for many years. Until now I have simply renewed my CDL. (I let Hazmat drop when a background check became necessary; I lost Air Brakes when I moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut.)
I understood that if I wanted to drive commercially I would need a medical certification and (at least if I were resuming driving a school bus) appropriate classroom hours and Department of Public Safety certification, but not another CDL road test.
Connecticut DMV is now telling me that I need a medical certification, and if not my driver license will be downgraded before renewal. Is that accurate? Is that new?
@David
Yes, you need a current medical certificate to keep your CDL.
You also need to have a self-certification form on file with your CDL.
Thank you. Is this new? I first got the CDL more than 25 years ago, and rarely filed a medical certificate to the state.
They’ve certainly tightened things up. 4 years ago my PCP was able to check the medical form (2 years ago he couldn’t so I let it go.) Today I had the physical with no issue, but I need to get clearances for two prescriptions (including my testosterone patch — I joke with the pharmacist that I used to make that myself, and now it’s a controlled substance; for another the prescriber says he isn’t qualified to give the clearance and wants me to talk to a state-approved specialist) and an asymptomatic condition that shows on an EKG.
I just recently got diagnosed with diabites type 2 I am taking insulin can I still drive truck or I would loose my cdl.
@Luis
You will need to get a federal insulin waiver from the FMCSA, if you want to continue driving, especially if you are an over-the-road driver. As of right now you would be disqualified as an interstate driver.
If you drive intra-state only, you want to check with your local drivers license department to determine what they need for you to continue to drive.
Can I put my ct class A CDL on hold for a short time of 6 months due to medical reason that will stop ne from passing a dot physical?
@Vinny
You need to contact your local drivers license department and let them know about the medical reason, so that they don’t downgrade your CDL when your current medical card expires.
Yes thats the problem they sent me a notice they were going to downgrade 3/13 16 because my med card expired last month and I forgot cause I was in an accident .I havent contacted them yet thats why I was asking you.
I recently had a certificate form completed by my doctor. I sent it in to the state (ct) it was returned to me because I did not submit a ” Medical certification expiration date” What is a Med cert expiration date and how do I get one??? All calls to Ct DMV go unanswered
@James
The Medical Examiner’s Certificate has an expiration date on it.
If the correct certificate/form was used by your doctor it will have an expiration date.
Be sure that your doctor is a DOT FMCSA certified medical examiner or the physical exam will be invalid.