DOT physicals help your drivers hit the road safely
There’s no need to turn your DOT physicals into a logistical nightmare. Just call Physicians Quality Care OCCMed and we’ll handle those logistics to suit your schedule.
The Department of Transportation requires drivers of commercial vehicles to get a DOT physical every two years — or more often if the driver’s health warrants it.
Our DOT physicals follow a plan laid out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The purpose is to ensure that each driver can handle the long hours, schedules and stress caused by the demands of professional driving.
During a DOT physical, our FMCSA-certified medical examiners will test for …
- Vision disorders: Drivers are required to have good peripheral vision and at least 20/40 acuity in each eye with or without correction.
- Hearing disorders: Drivers must be able to perceive what is known as a “forced whisper” at a distance of five feet or less.
- High or low blood pressure.
- Urinalysis to check for underlying conditions, such as diabetes, and to do a drug screen.
- Physical examination to check for disabilities and lung, vascular and neurological disorders.
OCCMed Jackson can help ...
- We offer DOT physicals at our clinic or at your worksite with a minimum of five physicals.
- We’ll set up the physicals to suit your schedule; fill out all of the necessary paperwork, including certificates of health for each driver; and, if we do the physicals at your site, get the results back to you the same day .
- It’s that easy. Just email OCCMed Director Jennifer Carmack at jennifer@occmedjackson.com or call her at 731-984-8400.
- Meanwhile, if you need more than DOT physicals for your employees, consider scheduling our state-of-the-art mobile clinic. Learn more at occmedjackson.com.
