The national registry : a roadmap to improved highway safety

https://doi.org/10.21949/15030042007PDFResearch PaperCommercial driversMedical examinations and testsPhysiciansFederal lawsMedical examiners (Law) - United StatesUnited States. Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)United StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationAxiom Resource Management, Inc.United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationNational Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (U.S.)NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking IndustryNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsNTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal LawsUnited States Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationIn passing the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Congress required the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national registry of medical examiners. The purpose was to improve highway safety by establishing and maintaining a national registry of medical examiners qualified to examine drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and issue medical certificates. To that end, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) began developing the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) program to improve highway safety by producing trained, certified medical examiners who can effectively determine whether a CMV driver\u2019s health meets FMCSA standards. In order to realize a sound and representative testing and registry program, FMCSA is developing the NRCME with a focus on those elements of competent job performance common to medical examiners coming from a variety of professional backgrounds and work settings. Therefore, in order to 1) develop a blueprint for the medical examiner certification test and 2) capture demographics for a hidden population sample, FMCSA commissioned this Role Delineation Study in 2005.84