Resources for Health Care Professionals involved in the medical evaluation of workers in the transportation industries.

Presented By OccuMedix, Inc

Natalie P. Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM

President and Chief Medical Officer

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This site is constantly evolving. Every attempt is made to maintain links to current regulatory documents and other useful sources of information to health care provider evaluating or supporting medical fitness programs for the transportation industry. 

If any of these links are broken or if there are sites or files which should be included, please e-mail Dr. Hartenbaum.

The main focus of this site will be on issues affecting commercial drivers, however as much as possible, other modes will also be addressed.

Many of the files require Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.  You can download this free program from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html   

• Multiple Transportation Mode

  • Information on this page may be relevant to multiple transportation modes.  Includes information on medications, fatigue, and medical conditions in non-commercial operations.

• Highway - Commercial Drivers              

  • This site contains Regulations, Regulatory Guidance and Rulemaking of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as well as links to Conference Reports, additional guidance and medical standards for commercial drivers from outside the United States.  There are also links to reports of National Transportation Safety Board highway accident investigations. 

  • Excerpts from the Highway Reauthorization Act affecting the medical certification program and Insulin Taking Diabetics is posted from this site.

   

• Railroad Workers and Locomotive Engineers 

  • Regulations and Rulemaking of the Federal Railroad Administration.  Reports from the National Transportation Safety Administration on Railroad accidents and medical standards for railways workers from outside the United States.

• Aviation  

• Maritime

• Transit

• Other Transportation Related Sites

• Selected Occupational Medicine Sites

    Aviation          

• FAA Aerospace Medicine

• Flight Surgeons Guide.

• Aviation & Aerospace Medicine Home Page

• The Internet Journal of Aeromedical Transportation

• Aerospace Medical Association 

Maritime       

• United States Coast Guard - Marine Safety Manual for USCG Personnel  -  US Coast Guard Safety Directorate

• Marine Safety Manual for Merchant Mariners - 

• Physical Evaluation Guidelines for Merchant Mariner's documents and licenses - NVIC 2-98

• International Maritime Health Association

Transit    - Federal Transit Administration   

• FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulations Update - Newsletter

Other Useful Transportation Related Sites

• United States Office of Drug and Alcohol Program Compliance - From this site, you can obtain updates on regulations, guidance, manuals, etc.

• 49 CFR Part 40 - Procedures for Drug and Alcohol Testing - December 19,2000

• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

• National Transportation Safety Board

• National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

Other Occupational Medicine

• Duke Occupational and Environmental Medicine

• Searchable Federal Register

• National Library of Medicine 

  

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If any of these links need updating, please notify me.