# Qualifications of Drivers: Medical Advisory Criteria
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2024-01-19 · Effective 2024-01-19 · 89 FR 3577
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-00980
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 3577
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 391
- **Publication date:** 2024-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2024-01-19
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0111
## Abstract

FMCSA updates the Medical Advisory Criteria published as an appendix in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The appendix provides guidance for medical examiners listed on FMCSA's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) on the applicability and interpretation of the physical qualification standards for operators of commercial motor vehicles. The advisory criteria in the appendix are also intended to provide recommendations and information to assist medical examiners in applying the standards, basic information related to testing, and matters to consider when making a qualification determination. The updated Medical Advisory Criteria replace all previous versions of the criteria.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/19/2024-00980/qualifications-of-drivers-medical-advisory-criteria)
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