49 CFR § 386.48 - Medical records and physicians' reports.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s386.48"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 386.48 - Medical records and physicians' reports."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "386.48"
section_name: "Medical records and physicians' reports."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "386"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE FOR FMCSA PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 113, 1301 note, 31306a; 49 U.S.C. chapters 5, 51, 131-141, 145-149, 311, 313, and 315; and 49 CFR 1.81, 1.87."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 40306, Oct. 2, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "386"
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# 386.48 Medical records and physicians' reports.
In cases involving the physical qualifications of drivers, copies of all physicians' reports, test results, and other medical records that a party intends to rely upon shall be served on all other parties at least 30 days prior to the date set for a hearing. Except as waived by FMCSA, reports, test results and medical records not served under this rule shall be excluded from evidence at any hearing.
[50 FR 40306, Oct. 2, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 65 FR 7756, Feb. 16, 2000; 78 FR 58481, Sept. 24, 2013; 86 FR 57071, Oct. 14, 2021]