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County clerk urges CDL drivers to submit medical certificates in person amid reporting lapses; warns of insurance consequences
Summary
The county clerk's office advised commercial drivers to deliver medical certificates to the local office because certificates sent by physicians to Albany are sometimes not reaching state records, causing downgrades; the clerk also warned of insurance lapses leading to misdemeanor charges and announced an Aug. 24 passport event and a notary test.
A representative of the Sullivan County clerk's office told the Government Services Committee that medical certification records for commercial drivers are sometimes not reaching Albany after physicians submit them, causing drivers' commercial credentials to be downgraded.
"If they don't have that on your record, you will be downgraded, meaning your license, your commercial license will be downgraded to a regular driver's license,"…
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