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DOT medical examiner (NRCME) pay by state
The federal National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners lists the clinicians allowed to sign a commercial driver's physical. That exam is the work, and it's done in occupational health clinics, urgent care and chiropractic offices.
Your questions about DOT medical examiner jobs, answered
- Who is eligible to become a DOT medical examiner?
Any clinician a state licenses, certifies or registers to perform physical examinations can start. The federal rule names advanced practice nurses, doctors of chiropractic, doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy and physician assistants, and leaves room for other medical professionals a state authorizes to perform physicals. That credential is the first step of four: you then register with the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners and get your number, complete training that meets the federal curriculum, and have a passing test forwarded to FMCSA within 3 years of finishing that training (49 CFR 390.103). The order is the trap: the number comes first.
- Is it a clinical qualification?
It sits on top of one. The listing says the federal government accepts your examinations of commercial drivers, and you have to hold that state credential in every state where you perform them. Staying listed sets a calendar of its own: periodic training between the 4th and 5th year after the credential issues, training and a retest between the 9th and 10th, and a credential that expires 10 years after issuance and has to be earned again (49 CFR 390.111 and 390.109).
- What kind of employer wants it?
The ones who see commercial drivers as a stream of patients. A DOT physical stands on its own, separate from whatever treatment the driver is or isn't having, and it decides whether that driver keeps driving. Employers who sell that exam as a line of business are the ones who need somebody on staff who can sign it.
