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18 commercial carrier journal | april 2018 JOURNAL NEWS Search returns to certified medical examiner website T ruckers now can search the U.S. Department of Transportation's online registry for certified exam- iners by ZIP code, but the full registry remains offline four months after a hack prompted its outage, said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA has not offered a timeline for when the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners will come back online or whether it has confirmed that drivers' and examiners' information was not exposed. FMCSA said that it didn't appear that any information on drivers, examin- ers or carriers had been stolen. While the search function was disabled, users had to locate their own FMCSA-certified medical examiner. The hack and outage has forced examiners to backlog exam results until the site enables them to upload the results to FMCSA. Also, examiners fear the potential of fraudulent medical certificates to be created, should any information about examiners have been stolen in the hack. Collin Mooney, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, said the outage haven't caused issues with roadside inspectors checking drivers' medical certificates. "The drivers are still required to take the medical [certificate] to the state, and the state updates the CDL. Medicals are still able to be verified at roadside through CDLIS, not the national registry." – James Jaillet Electrical contractors seek ELD exemption A trade group representing electrical contractors is seeking an exemption from the electronic logging device mandate for its members who occasionally exceed its minimum requirements. The National Electrical Contractors Association, which represents 4,000 mem- bers who install, repair and maintain the infrastructure of electrical utilities, says the drivers for its member compa- nies use commercial utility vehicles as a secondary responsibility and spend most of their day doing other tasks related to their jobs. NECA states the operation of commercial vehicles by the line workers that would be covered under the exemption "is so limited that the ELD requirement is triggered infrequently" and that it would be "cumbersome" for its members to meet the mandate's costs, according to the notice published last month in the Federal Register by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. NECA says that if granted the exemption, its commercial drivers would fully comply with hours-of-service requirements and keep paper logs when required. The group says that while it is unclear how many of its drivers would be covered under the exemption, one of its larger contractor members has nearly 14,000 commercial utility vehicles. – Matt Cole JOURNAL NEWS randallreilly.com Reason1 5 Reasons You Fail at Recruiting Drivers A 5-part series by Randall-Reilly Call 855.906.5858 for more information In the coming weeks, our 5-part series will cover major stumbling blocks fleets face in the recruiting process. Our series begins with Reason 1: You're Not Working Your Leads Properly 5 Reason Part 1 Vertical Print Ad.indd 1 3/9/18 9:06 AM The hack and outage has forced examiners to backlog exam results until the site enables them to upload the results to FMCSA. NECA is seeking an exemption for its line workers who do occasionally exceed the minimum requirements for the mandate. continued on page 91