FMCSA Proposes Alternative Certified Medical Examiner Training Requirements for VA Doctors
Today, Dec. 1, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a proposed rule intended to ease the process by which physicians employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can become certified medical examiners and perform driver physicals. Currently, to be listed on FMCSA’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, applicants must attend an accredited […]
OSHA’s Enforcement of Employee Rights Provisions Go Into Effect
On Dec.1, after two delays and a court challenge, OSHA’s employee rights provisions within the new electronic reporting final rule go into effect. The section now being enforced (§1904.35) requires that employers: (1) inform each employee of how he or she is to report a work-related injury and illness; (2) provide access to their injury […]