HB 99 Summary

• Amends Title 21 of the Delaware Code to establish medical certification requirements for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) holders effective January 30, 2012.

• Requires CDL applicants to self-certify their operating status as either non-excepted interstate commerce, excepted interstate commerce, non-excepted intrastate commerce, or excepted intrastate commerce.

• Mandates that drivers certifying non-excepted interstate commerce operations provide medical examiner's certificates confirming physical qualifications; existing CDL holders must comply by January 30, 2014.

• Establishes that medical certification information posted to the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) eliminates the requirement for drivers to carry physical medical certificates, effective January 30, 2012.

• Implements FMCSA medical variance tracking with a restricted code "V" on CDL documents and requires the Division to update CDLIS driver records within 10 calendar days of receiving medical variance information from FMCSA.