97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5349

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Bill Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-508.2 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a transportation company may employ a driver that is not physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle under Title 49 CFR Part 391.41 due to dependence on insulin, if the driver holds a valid Illinois driver's license, operates solely within the State, and has received a doctor's statement that: (i) the driver's medical condition is not likely to interfere with the driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle; and (ii) the doctor's opinion is that the driver's condition is likely to remain stable for the 2 years that the medical certificate is valid. Provides that a transportation company that employs a driver under an intrastate medical waiver must maintain in the driver's qualification file a copy of the doctor's statement of intrastate medical waiver. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 6-508.2 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-508.2 new)
7    Sec. 6-508.2. Intrastate medical waiver.
8    (a) A transportation company may employ a driver that is
9not physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle
10under Title 49 CFR Part 391.41 due to dependence on insulin, if
11the driver:
12        (1) holds a valid Illinois driver's license;
13        (2) has received a doctor's statement that: (i) the
14    driver's medical condition is not likely to interfere with
15    the driver's ability to safely operate a commercial motor
16    vehicle; and (ii) the doctor's opinion is that the driver's
17    condition is likely to remain stable for the 2 years that
18    the medical certificate is valid; and
19        (3) operates commercial motor vehicles intrastate
20    wholly within this State.
21    (b) A transportation company that employs a driver under an
22intrastate medical waiver must maintain in the driver's
23qualification file a copy of the doctor's statement of

 

 

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1intrastate medical waiver.
2    (c) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement
3this Section.