Sometimes. Depends on the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of the vehicle, whether its use is for interstate or intrastate commerce, etc.
10,000 lbs. GVWR and up in a commercial use vehicle, and the answer is yes.
Yes, you do need a medical card for a commercial vehicle that weighs less than 26000lbs.
If the commercial vehicle requires a CDL to drive it, you do.
Not only any public roadway. This vehicle requires an active CDL, and if your DOT physical is expired, your CDL is null and void.
You're required to have a current medical card on your person at all time when you're driving a vehicle which requires a CDL. In any state. That's federal law.
If it's being used in operations across state lines, yes - any interstate commercial vehicle with a GVW in excess of 10,000 lbs. requires one.
They would need a medical card if the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating was over 10,000 lbs, AND it was being used for commercial purposes, AND it was being operated across state lanes.Beyond that point, once you get into weight ratings requiring a CDL, then you'd need a medical card at all times.
If you operate a commercial vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of more than 10,000 lbs., you're supposed to have the DOT Medical Card.
A medical card is required for the operation of commercial vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of more than 10,000 lbs. If your state requires registration of DOT medical cards, then you must do this if your job involves operating a vehicle for which a medical card must be carried by the driver, even if a CDL is not required.
Any commercial use vehicle or combination with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating or Gross Combination Weight Rating in excess of 10,000 lbs. requires a DOT medical card for interstate operations. Intrastate operations tends to be a little bit of a grey area, although some state laws clearly require it. If the Gross Combination Weight Rating (combined GVWRs of both power unit and trailer) exceeds 26,000 lbs., and this is a commercial use vehicle, then it will require a CDL (Class A if the trailer has a GVWR in excess of 10,000 lbs., Class B if the trailer has a GVWR of 10,000 lbs. or less), and thus a medical card will be required.
It is possible to obtain a CDL with diabetes, provided it's not too severe for you to be able to obtain a DOT medical card.
No.