Originally published at: FMCSA Extends Paper Med Card Waiver and What’s Behind The Endless Extensions - FreightWaves
State licensing agencies had a decade to implement what amounts to a database connection for CDL medical certifications. Instead, FMCSA has spent 2025 issuing waiver after waiver while drivers get placed out of service and fraud vulnerabilities persist. The agency’s hands-off approach to NRII enforcement explains why states feel comfortable ignoring federal CDL standards across the board.
So this isn’t a problem, but having a CDL and work papers that expire on different days is bringing the end of days? What a hollow argument joke…