Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 23 - JUSTICE › Chapter 23.3 - MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION › Subchapter 23.3.5 - Licensing Operators of Commercial Motor Vehicles › Rule 23.3.504 - PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR TYPE 1 ENDORSEMENT

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) A person may not be issued, nor may
				he/she retain a type 1 endorsement, unless he/she is physically qualified to
				have the endorsement and has on his/her person the original or a photographic
				copy of a medical certificate certifying he/she is physically qualified to
				operate a commercial motor vehicle as required in federal regulations,
				49 C.F.R.
				391.43.
(2) A person is physically qualified to hold
				a type 1 endorsement if he/she:
(a) has no
				loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or an arm; no impairment of a hand or finger
				which interferes with prehension or power grasping; no arm, foot, leg, or limb
				impairment which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated
				with operating a motor vehicle; or has been granted a federal waiver or
				exemption;
(b) has no established
				medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring
				the use of insulin for control;
(c)
				has no current clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris,
				coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular disease of a
				variety known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive
				cardiac failure;
(d) has no
				established medical history or clinical diagnosis of a respiratory dysfunction
				likely to interfere with his/her ability to control and drive a motor vehicle
				safely;
(e) has no current clinical
				diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with his/her ability to
				operate a motor vehicle safely;
(f)
				has no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of rheumatic,
				arthritic, orthopedic, muscular, or vascular disease which interferes with
				his/her ability to control and operate a motor vehicle safely;
(g) has no established medical history or
				clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause
				loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a motor
				vehicle;
(h) has no mental,
				nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder likely to
				interfere with his/her ability to drive a motor vehicle safely;
(i) has distant visual acuity of at least
				20/40 (Snellen) in each eye without corrective lenses, or visual acuity
				separately corrected to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses,
				distant binocular acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or
				without corrective lenses, field of vision of at least 70° in the
				horizontal meridian in each eye, and the ability to recognize the colors on
				traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber;
(j) first perceives a forced whispered voice
				in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of a hearing
				aid or, if tested by use of an audiometric device, does not have an average
				hearing loss in the better ear greater than 50 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz,
				and 2,000 Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is
				calibrated to American National Standard Z24.5-1951;
(k) does not use an amphetamine, narcotic, or
				any habit-forming drug; and
(l) has
				no current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.