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[Tobin S.]

7. I've had a CDL for 15 years

I got it long before I was diagnosed as having a mental illness. But here's how my illness affects my qualifications to drive. Every two years commercial drivers have to pass a Department of Transportation physical. They are given a questionnaire to fill out before the physical, part of which asks about any illnesses that the driver might have. I have to have a letter from my psychiatrist to be given to the examining physician telling her or him that, in his opinion, I will not be a safety hazard due to my illness; the illness is under control; and that I am compliant with treatment. It is then up to the physician doing the physical to use his or her own judgement on whether or not to issue my physical card. So far there haven't been any issues.