DL-405A: South Carolina CDL Holders Medical Certification Requirements

Enter the current legal name (first, middle, last, suffix), the date of birth, the social security number and the drivers license number.

Check the appropriate box for the type of operation that applies to you.

Non-excepted interstate (NI), required to have a DOT medical card/certificate: operates in interstate commerce and meets the qualification requirements under 49 CFR § 391.

Excepted interstate (EI): operates in interstate commerce, but engages exclusively in transportation or operations excepted under 49 CFR §§ 390.3(f), 391.2, 391.68, or 398.3.

Non-excepted intrastate (NA), for 18-20 years of age and/or license with an “K” restriction: operates only in intrastate commerce and is subject to and meets State driver qualification requirements.

Excepted intrastate (EA), not applicable in South Carolina: operates only in intrastate commerce, but engages exclusively in transportation or operations excepted from State driver qualification requirements.

If you operate in both intrastate commerce and interstate commerce, you must choose interstate commerce.

If you operate in both excepted interstate commerce and non-excepted interstate commerce, you must choose non-excepted interstate commerce to be qualified to operate in both types of interstate commerce.

In the state of South Carolina, individuals between 18 and 20 years of age are only able to operate as non-excepted intrastate commerce with a “K” restriction on his or her license.

By signing you certify under penalty of perjury that all statements on the form are true and correct.

Once DMV has your type of commerce recorded you are not required to complete this form again unless you are changing the type of commerce in which you intend to operate, or renewing your CDL, or upgrading your CDL. You are required to self-certify to a single type of commercial operation on SCDMV Form DL-405A Commercial Driver's License Holders Medical Certification Requirements.

Step 1: Do you, or will you, use a CDL to operate a CMV in interstate or intrastate commerce?

Interstate commerce is when you drive a CMV from one State to another State or a foreign country; between two places within a State, but during part of the trip, the CMV crosses into another State or foreign country; or between two places within a State, but the cargo is part of a trip that began or will end in another State or foreign country.

Intrastate commerce is when you drive a CMV within a State and you do not meet any of the descriptions of interstate commerce.

Step 2: Once you decide you operate or will operate in interstate commerce or intrastate commerce, you must decide whether you operate (or expect to operate) in a non-excepted or excepted status. This decision will tell you which of the four types of commerce you must self-certify.

You operate in excepted interstate commerce when you drive a CMV in interstate commerce only for the following excepted activities: To transport school children and/or school staff between home and school; As Federal, State or local government employees; To transport human corpses or sick or injured persons; Fire truck or rescue vehicle drivers during emergencies and other related activities;

Primarily in the transportation of propane winter heating fuel when responding to an emergency condition requiring immediate response such as damage to a propane gas system after a storm or flooding; In response to a pipeline emergency condition requiring immediate response such as a pipeline leak or rupture; In custom harvesting on a farm or to transport farm machinery and supplies used in the custom harvesting operation to and from a farm or to transport custom harvested crops to storage or market; Beekeeper in the seasonal transportation of bees; Controlled and operated by a farmer, but is not a combination vehicle (power unit and towed unit), and is used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery or farm supplies (no placardable hazardous materials) to and from a farm and within 150 air-miles of the farm; As a private motor carrier of passengers for non-business purposes; or; To transport migrant workers..

If you answered yes to one or more of the excepted activities as the only operation in which you drive, you operate in excepted interstate commerce and do not need a Federal medical examiner's certificate.

If you answered no to all of the excepted activities, you operate in non-excepted interstate commerce and are required to provide a current medical examiner's certificate (49 CFR § 391.45), commonly referred to as a medical certificate.

Most CDL holders who drive CMVs in interstate commerce are non-excepted interstate commerce drivers.

If your CDL is current, you may submit this form along with any other documents that apply to you (Medical Examiner's Certificate, Federal Waiver, Skills Performance Evaluation) using one of the following options: Scan the documents and then email them to: CDLHelpDesk@scdmv.net Mail this form and copies of medical documents to: SCDMV - CDL Help Desk PO Box 1498 Blythewood, SC 29016-0028 Fax this form and medical documents to the CDL Help Desk. Fax number is (803) 896-2676. Deliver this form and medical documents to your local SCDMV office. A list of office locations and hours can be found on the SCDMV website www.scdmvonline.com You may visit any SCDMV branch office and complete a form DL-405A (Commercial Driver's License Holders Medical Certification Requirements).