Medical Examiners Card

[surfer06]

Hey, I am having a problem getting my Medical Examiners card. My eye sight is; Right eye 20/25 (wth Corrective lens). And Left eye is 20/50 (with Corrective lens). The Green card says I must have 20/40 in each eye. No ambulace company will hire me without the green card. Are their waivers around it? Even if my vision doesn't pass could I have a physician sign off on it?

 

[Sasha]

I thought you had to be a Dr to be a medical examiner.

 

[HotelCo]

Hey, I am having a problem getting my Medical Examiners card. My eye sight is; Right eye 20/25 (wth Corrective lens). And Left eye is 20/50 (with Corrective lens). The Green card says I must have 20/40 in each eye. No ambulace company will hire me without the green card. Are their waivers around it? Even if my vision doesn't pass could I have a physician sign off on it?

Plenty of jobs outside of California.

 

[Gecko24]

I thought you had to be a Dr to be a medical examiner.

Negative Ghostrider.

 

[JPINFV]

I thought you had to be a Dr to be a medical examiner.

The medical examiner's card is the wallet card that has to be carried saying that the holder has passed a medical exam. Without it you aren't allowed to drive.

 

[Sasha]

The medical examiner's card is the wallet card that has to be carried saying that the holder has passed a medical exam. Without it you aren't allowed to drive.

Oh, I thought it was like "yay i'm a medical examiner now!"

 

[bigbaldguy]

How sweet would that be, just flash your card at the police tape, stroll onto the scene whip out your "junior CSI kit" from ToysRus (I find it disturbing that they actually sell this there by the way) and away yah go.

 

[Aprz]

Your options are to work out of state, work for a company where you aren't the driver, or take an EMT job that doesn't involve driving e.g. theme parks. It's not like they set up standards and then let you do it anyways. It sucks, but you can't physically do it, and I wouldn't trust somebody to drive an ambulance or a car with poor eye sight.

 

[firetender]

Unlikely the answer is here, unless...

...someone here understands the appeals process of your particular state or county or whoever monitors the Medical Examiner's office. You would likely have to submit some testing results at your expense. Just don't give up until you've explored all your options...from the Agent that's challenging you.

 

[JPINFV]

First things first, "California ambulance driver" puts EMTLife at the 7th position in Google.

In order to drive an ambulance in California you either need to work for a fire department or get an Ambulance Driver Certification. A requirement of that certification is to pass the same physical exam required of commercial drivers ("Medical Examination Report"). There are several automatic disqualifies for this, including the aforementioned 20/40 corrected. However, "CMV drivers who do not meet the Federal Vision Standard may call (202) 366-4001 for an application for a vision exemption. (See Visual Disorders and Commercial Drivers at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/medreports.htm)"

 

[surfer06]

The dl 51 medical examiners card from the DMV. It's a physical that all emt's must take in order to work on an ambulance

 

[surfer06]

Thankyou!

 

[surfer06]

My goal in life is to become Paramedic in the fire department. I havent been able to find the vision requirments for most fire departments. I know alot of departments are differnt.

 

[phideux]

First things first, "California ambulance driver" puts EMTLife at the 7th position in Google.

In order to drive an ambulance in California you either need to work for a fire department or get an Ambulance Driver Certification. A requirement of that certification is to pass the same physical exam required of commercial drivers ("Medical Examination Report"). There are several automatic disqualifies for this, including the aforementioned 20/40 corrected. However, "CMV drivers who do not meet the Federal Vision Standard may call (202) 366-4001 for an application for a vision exemption. (See Visual Disorders and Commercial Drivers at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/medreports.htm)"

That's great for California. "we think you are too blind to drive, but you can get an exemption, and drive an ambulance, code 3".B)<_<

 

[HotelCo]

That's great for California. "we think you are too blind to drive, but you can get an exemption, and drive an ambulance, code 3".B)<_<

Did you think something coming out of California would actually make sense?

 

[JPINFV]

That's great for California. "we think you are too blind to drive, but you can get an exemption, and drive an ambulance, code 3".B)<_<

I never realized that California ran the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation.

 

[MrBrown]

My goal in life is to become Paramedic in the fire department. I havent been able to find the vision requirments for most fire departments. I know alot of departments are differnt.

Most FDs are bound by the NFPA 1582 which is 20/30 binocularly, 20/50 in one eye is not that big of a problem really.

That's great for California. "we think you are too blind to drive, but you can get an exemption, and drive an ambulance, code 3".B)<_<

This bloke would yes, would Blind Brown at os 20/80 od 20/200? No.

 

[surfer06]

Most FDs are bound by the NFPA 1582 which is 20/30 binocularly, 20/50 in one eye is not that big of a problem really.



This bloke would yes, would Blind Brown at os 20/80 od 20/200? No.

sweet thanx!

 

[Medic2409]

Meh...you really don't need two eyes to drive, one good one will do just fine.

I wonder if this might be an ADA issue?

 

[surfer06]

Meh...you really don't need two eyes to drive, one good one will do just fine.

I wonder if this might be an ADA issue?

I never thought of that. I'll look into it.