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Louisiana CDL Requirements
All Louisiana CDL holders are required to be medically qualified to drive a CMV by the means of a valid DOT medical certificate, unless the type of commerce you drive qualifies as ‘Excepted’.
Interstate Non-Excepted
You must meet the Federal DOT medical certificate requirements.
Intrastate Non-Excepted
You must meet the Federal DOT medical certificate requirements.
Submitting your Medical Certificate to Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections Office of Motor Vehicles.
Submit the following documents:
- Supplemental Form For CDL Application – form DPSMV 2211 – download the form here.
- A current Physical Examination Form with a current Medical Examiner’s Certificate – form DPSMV 2219 – download the form here from Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections.
By Mail:
P.O. Box 64886
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
By Fax:
225-925-3901
By Email:
OMV_CDL_medical@dps.la.gov in PDF format
In Person:
At any Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles location.
Other Information:
CDL Self Certification Medicals Policy
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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I’m in Texas working for swift I have a Louisiana cdl A with a dot card all in Louisiana I’m asking a question do I need to register my dot medical card in Louisiana
@ John
If your drivers license is in Louisiana, then yes. Which ever state your drivers license is issued, requires your medical certificate be on file with the state.
I had to renew my physical doctors card in Texas. My question is… I’m from louisiana,and how do I SUBMIT my new physical card from Texas, to Louisiana
@ Rex S
Check with the Louisiana DLD for the best answer.
Louisiana Department of Public Safety – Office of Motor Vehicles provides a fax number, it was 225-925-3901 but you need to verify this.
You can take your paper copy into any La dmv and self certify your card to your license
U can email it to them I just did mines recently mailto:OMV_CDL_medical@dps.la.gov
I have a defibrillator and need to get a physical they are saying a defibrillator is not like a pace maker. My doctor told me a defibrillator is better than a pace maker. Will I still be able to get a medical card and physical I am in Louisiana?? Please Help need to go back to work?? 06/04/2018
@ Herman
Lots depend on the class driver license you carry. Class A OTR, FMCSA says no to passing your physical. Lesser classes or intra-state only and you should not have any issues, if all else is normal.
My husband’s company required a CDL. He is now retired & wants to keep his CDL – CLASS B license. He has always been required to get an updated medical exam annually due to high blood pressure. Where can he obtain the form for the doctor to complete (his company always did this)? Also can he fax it to OMV, email it or does it need to be returned in person?
@ LGA
The medical examiner who does the DOT medical certification exam will have all the forms needed. Check with OMV for the fax question.
If I lost the Orginal set of copies I received from the doctor. Can I get a replacement copy of my CDL physical from my job and update my physical with that?
@ Romalice
You do not need a copy to have a new DOT physical done. And yes, you could request a copy from your work so you have a copy for yourself
If u have a medical card and it not link can I use the one I have till it expires
@Cometric
No.
What do you need to carry with you. Medical card and long form or just card?
@Joe
By law FMCSA requires just medical card, not long form.
If you are a Louisiana CDL holder you might want to check with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety. There are several relatives of Barney Fife, or possibly Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, that work as DOT cops that will not accept a card but only the long-form, even though it is required to file a copy of the medical with the state and without this, the CDL will be downgraded.
A friend was put out of service yesterday north of Leesville, Louisiana. He had his card but not the long-form and the officer refused to even allow him to get in his truck. I would have likely been tased or arrested because that would be the only way an officer would prevent this. The officer waited until a replacement driver arrived, and my friend’s wife. Apparently he could not even ride in the truck.
I have been cleared by my personal doctor and a cardiologist but the DOTD doctor refuses to clear me beginning 3/7/17 – 3/28/17..she says it will take that long for her to read all my records and give a decision. Meanwhile she refuses to fill out a short term disability form so I can at least have money coming in. Can she do this?
@Richard
That sounds very unusual. 3 weeks to read records??? Maybe go somewhere else for your DOT physical.
Is a medical card required in Louisiana for a chauffeurs license, and if company requires it is it reimbursable by law?
@Ed
Most states grandfathered the chauffeurs license into existence, but it became a Class A license and now requires a valid medical card to maintain it.
As far as a company requiring a valid medical card and paying for it… That’s a question for the company and their policy, not a fed issue. Some companies do and others don’t pay, but it’s a company issue.