SHORT CERT LIKELY — 1-YEAR
The checker reads your verdict. The Kit gets you through the exam: documentation packets for your condition, the two 45-day form clocks run as a calendar, the official medication form packet, waiting-period calendars, failure recovery, and the examiner phone script.
Federal source: FMCSA Medical Examiner's Handbook 2024, Cardiovascular · Rules checked October 2026
Advisory criteria: atrial fibrillation may be certified at 1-year intervals when the heart rate is controlled, treatment is tolerated, and — where anticoagulation is prescribed — it is managed to standard (see the warfarin page). Annual cardiology evaluation is expected.
AFib alone is not a disqualifier. Uncontrolled rate is. The examiner's questions will be: what is your rate doing, what are you taking for it, and who is watching it?
Certificate this points to: 1-YEAR certificates, while the standard's monitoring continues.
Bring cardiology records showing rate control over time, your medication list, and INR records if you are on warfarin.
This question is decided by the federal text together with its published advisory criteria — clocks, thresholds, and specialist files. The verdict above follows the cited criteria; your documentation is what proves you meet them.
Only a certified medical examiner on the National Registry can certify you. FreightVerdict reads the published federal standards — it does not certify, diagnose, or treat, and nothing here is medical advice.
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