New York State Physical CDL Prescription Drugs

I have my cdl-b permit.hopefully driving school bus.taking medical exam in next week or so.I have prescription for xanax.take every once in awhile.lowest dose .025.anyone have any in-sight about getting approval while taking this prescibed drug?i know there could be a problem.

Department of Transportation Physical Requirements as outlined at www.fmcsa.dot.gov

Fed Reg 391.41

?No loss of foot, leg hand or arm.

?No impairment of hand or finger that interferes
with power grasping or no impairment of arm, foot, leg that interferes with
the ability to perform normal tasks of driving a motor vehicle.

?No history of diabetes that requires insulin for
control.

?No current diagnosis of myocardial infarction,
angina, pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or other cardio-vascular
disease known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse or congestive
heart failure.

?No history or diagnosis of respiratory
dysfunction likely to interfere with the ability to control a motor vehicle.

?No current diagnosis of high blood pressure
likely to interfere with driving a motor vehicle. (159/89 maximum)

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No history or current diagnosis of rheumatic,
orthopedic, muscular, neuromuscular, or vascular disease that interferes with
the ability to control and operate a motor vehicle.

?No history or current diagnosis of epilepsy or
any other condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness.

?No mental, nervous, organic or functional
disease of psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with operating a motor
vehicle.

?Distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 in each
eye, field of vision of at least 70 degrees and the ability to perceive red,
yellow, green and amber.

?Ability to perceive a forced whisper in the
better ear at no less than five feet, with or without use of a hearing aid.

?No use of a Schedule I drug, amphetamine,
narcotic or any other habit forming drug.

?No current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism.

jaggedjr in Newburgh, New York said: I have my cdl-b permit.hopefully driving school bus.taking medical exam in next week or so.I have prescription for xanax.take every once in awhile.lowest dose .025.anyone have any in-sight about getting approval while taking this prescibed drug?i know there could be a problem.

when u go for a cdl physical they check your urin for sugar thats it!! this is not a drug test!..l would not mention it...we had a driver take a drug test last month and was taking oxy cotin and passed ,they are looking for ilegal drugs