HB5349 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 6-508.2 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/6-508.2 new)

Sec. 6-508.2. Intrastate medical waiver.

(a) 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:

(1) holds a valid Illinois driver's license;

(2) 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; and

(3) operates commercial motor vehicles intrastate wholly within this State.

(b) 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.

(c) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement this Section.