DOT Physical Guides

The $49 Medical Card Kit — $49, one-time payment

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.

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DOT physical blood pressure limits — the full chart
One number runs this exam: 140/90. Everything about blood pressure at a DOT physical — the stages, the certificate lengths, the second-chance process — hangs off where your reading falls against it.
What actually disqualifies you from a DOT physical
Most 'disqualifying conditions' lists on the internet mix three different things: actual rule text, examiner guidance, and clinic folklore. Here is the disqualification landscape sorted by which kind of authority stands behind each item.
What happens at a DOT physical — the exam itself
No surprises live here: the federal examination follows the Medical Examination Report form (MCSA-5875), and its items are public. This is the exam, item by item, so the room holds nothing you have not already seen.
Sleep apnea and the DOT physical, explained honestly
Sleep apnea is the most feared topic in this exam and the least governed: the federal government proposed a rule, walked away from it in 2017, and left the question to examiner judgment. Here is the whole story, with dates.
Your medical card and your CDL — the downgrade fuse
Your medical certificate and your CDL are two documents with one fuse between them. When the medical status lapses, the license itself starts a countdown — and the countdown's length is set by your state.
What to bring to your DOT physical
Examiners certify files. This checklist is the short version of the kit's documentation system — the difference between an exam that ends in a certificate and one that ends in a homework assignment.
Are failed DOT physicals reported — and who sees them
The fear under this question is usually a plan: 'if this exam goes badly, can I just take another one somewhere else, quietly?' The reporting system is exactly why that plan fails — and why the honest process in this section is the one that works.
Failed your DOT physical? The second-chance door
DOT drug test vs DOT physical — two different regimes

The $49 Medical Card Kit — $49, one-time payment