Medical Examinations for Bus Transit System Drivers

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
14-90.0041: Medical Examinations for Bus Transit System Drivers

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 36 No. 22, June 4, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

In response of comments from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and in order to clarify the requirements for medical examination certificates, changes to the language of Rule 14-90.0041 have been made. The proposed language is shown below.

(3)(c) Upon completion of the medical examination, the examiner shall complete, sign, and date the medical examination certificate and provide a copy to the driver’s employer. If the transit agency decides to adopt qualification standards other than those listed in Department form 725-030-11, the adopted standard’s medical examination certificate or a signed letter from the medical examiner attesting to the completion of a medical examination shall be given to the transit agency in lieu of the Department’s medical examination certificate. The adopted standards medical certification or letter must provide all of the information required on the Department’s medical examination certificate.

(4) Bus transit systems shall have on file proof of a medical examination.ie., a completed and signed medical examination certificate report or a signed letter from the medical examiner attesting to the completion of a medical examination for each bus driver, dated within the past 24 months. Medical examination reports certificates of employee bus drivers shall be maintained by the bus transit system for a minimum of four years from the date of the examination.

(a) Medical examination certificates or a signed letter from the medical examiner attesting to the completion of a medical examination of the employee bus drivers shall be maintained by the bus transit system for a minimum of four years from the date of the examination.

(b) Bus Transit Systems shall not allow a driver to operate a transit bus without having on file a completed medical examination certificate or a signed letter from the medical examiner attesting to the completion of a medical examination dated within the past 24 months.