1. A. A commercial driver license applicant must meet the commercial driver license physical qualifications and have a U.S. Department of Transportation medical examiner’s certificate, form MCSA-5876, completed, which the Department must be able to verify from the electronic information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

   1. 1. The medical examiner’s certificate must be completed upon or prior to the applicant’s initial application or expiration of the applicant’s current medical examiner’s certificate.
   2. 2. A licensee who possesses a commercial driver license shall notify the Department within 10 days of a physical condition that develops or worsens causing noncompliance with the commercial driver license physical qualifications.

2. B. Commercial driver license suspension and revocation notification procedure. To notify a licensee of any commercial driver license suspension and revocation under subsection (C), the Department shall simultaneously mail two notices within 15 days after a medical examiner’s certificate’s due date to the licensee’s address of record that:

   1. 1. Suspends the licensee’s commercial driver license beginning on the notice’s date; and
   2. 2. Revokes the licensee’s commercial driver license 15 days after the date of the suspension notice issued under subsection (B)(1).

3. C. Noncompliance actions.

   1. 1. Initial application denial. If an applicant’s initial medical examiner’s certificate required under subsection (A) shows that the applicant does not comply with the commercial driver license physical qualifications, the Department shall immediately mail the commercial driver license denial notification to the applicant’s address of record.
   2. 2. Medical examiner’s certificate renewal suspension and revocation. If a renewing commercial driver licensee does not complete a medical examiner’s certificate required under subsection (A) or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration indicates the licensee is noncompliant with the commercial driver license physical qualifications, the Department shall follow the suspension and revocation notification procedure prescribed under subsection (B).
4. D. A commercial driver license that remains revoked for longer than 12 months expires. The holder of an expired commercial driver license may obtain a new commercial driver license by successfully completing all commercial driver license written and skills testing and by completing the medical examiner’s certificate prescribed under subsection (A).
5. E. Administrative hearing. A person who is denied a commercial driver license or whose commercial driver license is suspended or revoked under this Section may request a hearing from the Department as prescribed under 17 A.A.C. 1, Article 5. The hearing is held in accordance with the procedures prescribed under A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 6 and 17 A.A.C. 1, Article 5.

Historical Note

Adopted effective October 31, 1975 (Supp. 75-1). Former Section R17-4-57 renumbered without change as Section R17-4-508 (Supp. 87-2). Emergency amendments adopted effective July 30, 1993, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 93-3). Emergency amendments permanently adopted effective October 27, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Section recodified to R17-4-409 at 7 A.A.R. 3479, effective July 20, 2001 (Supp. 01-3). New Section recodified from R17-4-802 at 7 A.A.R. 3479, effective July 20, 2001 (Supp. 01-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2829, effective August 7, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 1127, effective May 5, 2007 (Supp. 07-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 395, effective March 8, 2008 (Supp. 08-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 1543, effective May 1, 2018 (Supp. 18-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 2730 (November 26, 2021), with an immediate effective date of November 2, 2021 (Supp. 21-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1954 (June 20, 2025), with an immediate effective date of June 4, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).