Source: https://nationalregistry.fmcsa.dot.gov/ResourceCenter/documents/Glossary.html
Timestamp: 2017-08-20 19:07:35
Document Index: 774325025

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 552', '§ 40113', 'art 6', 'art 391', '§ 391', '§ 390']

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Accreditation: Attestation at regular intervals to an institution’s compliance with approved standards of efficiency and effectiveness, judged by uninvolved peers.
Certification: 3 types
First party: Formal recognition by an established group of professional peers of an individual in a profession or professional field (self-certification
Second party: Formal recognition by a customer of an individual’s qualifications.
Third party: Formal recognition by an independent body of professional peers of an individual’s qualifications in a profession or a professional organization.
Licensure: Permission granted by an agency of government to an individual to engage in a given profession or occupation, once an applicant has met qualifications standards.
Medical Examiner: A person who is licensed, certified, and/or registered, in accordance with applicable State laws and regulations, to perform physical examinations. The term includes doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and doctors of chiropractic.
Medical Review Board: A board composed of five physicians appointed by the Secretary of Transportation to provide expert advice to FMCSA on the development and implementation of science-based physical qualification standards for CMV drivers.
National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners: A program designed to produce trained, certified medical examiners that fully understand the medical standards in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations and how they relate to the mental and physical demands of driving a commercial motor vehicle.
Participants: Those who take part in or become involved in the NRCME, i.e., medical associations or organizations, etc.
Participants Conference: A meeting to promote participation of private sector organizations with expertise in medical training and experience in a regulatory setting.
Quality Management/Assurance: 3 basic characteristics
Compliance with approved standards of performance, ascertained by peer review.
Continuous quality improvement of involved organizations through improved planning, and efficient and effective delivery of professional activities.
Ongoing assessment of quality professional performance.
Role Delineation Study: An assessment of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for an individual to perform competently. It also establishes the tasks professionals should perform to ensure that the outcomes of their decisions will not present a danger to the public. This type of study is also referred to as a task analysis, or sometimes as a job analysis.
Stakeholder: An individual or group with an interest in the success of the NRCME program in delivering intended results and maintaining the viability of the Registry’s products and services.
Working Integrated Product Team (WIPT): A working group composed of members and alternates who represent each of the primary professions performing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver physical examinations: doctors of medicine (MD) and osteopathy (DO), advanced practice nurses (APN), physician assistants (PA) and chiropractors(DC). These groups meet on an ongoing basis to assist FMCSA with the development and maintenance of the training and certification components of the NRCME.
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National Registry Privacy Act
National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners Privacy Act Statement
This statement is provided pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC § 552a. The information on the attached Form MCSA-5850 CMV Driver Examination Results is solicited under the authority of Title 49, United States Code (U.S.C.) §§ 40113, 44702, 44703, 44709 and 14 C.F.R. Part 6-7.
With limited exceptions, all drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), as defined in 49 CFR 390.5, in interstate commerce must comply with the qualification requirements of part 391 (§ 391.1). Each driver subject to the physical qualification requirements must be examined and certified by a medical examiner, as defined in § 390.5, at least once every 2 years. For certain drivers, such as those with severe cases of hypertension or other acute medical conditions, more frequent medical re-examination by a medical examiner may be required to determine whether the driver can still be certified.
Medical examiners are required to submit data every month for each driver physical examination conducted. Driver or medical examiner social security number is not required. Incomplete submission may result in removal of a medical examiner from the National Registry Program. The purpose of information is to record results of a driver’s physical qualification to operate a CMV in interstate commerce according to the requirement in 49 CFR 391.41-49.
The information will be used to provide data for FMCSA’s automated National Registry Data System. The information will become part of an FMCSA Privacy Act system of record. These records and information in these records will be collected and used to link a specific medical examiner to specific driver medical examination outcome data.
The written consent authorization of this form under OMB Control Number: 2126-0006 permits FMCSA to request driver physical examination outcome data from medical examiners.
About the National Registry
The National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners lists medical examiners (MEs) who have been trained, tested and certified to perform medical examinations for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers in interstate commerce. These MEs fully understand the medical standards in the FMCSA Regulations, related guidance and how they relate to the medical demands of operating a commercial motor vehicle.
The goal of the National Registry is to promote and preserve the highest level of professional standards, training and care among medical examiners. Therefore, the National Registry requires that medical examiners performing CMV driver examinations be trained and certified.
All healthcare professionals are eligible to apply to become a certified medical examiner if their scope of practice authorizes them to perform physical examinations, as defined by the State in which they practice.
The objectives of the National Registry are to:
Ensure that medical examiners understand fully the medical standards in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and related guidance and how they apply to CMV drivers
Maintain ongoing competency of medical examiners through training, testing, certification and recertification
Promote public confidence in the quality of the medical examinations of CMV drivers
Ensure that the list of certified medical examiners is easily accessible
FMCSA is and will continue to be involved in all facets of the National Registry program development and implementation and maintain an oversight role. Implementation of the National Registry program demonstrates the commitment of the Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to making our Nation’s highways safer