I tried to get my DOT card renewed today, it expires Sunday. So I took the day off to go to my personal physician at 7:30 and the pulmonary doctor at 8:15 to get my C-PAP compliance letter. It took three months to get the appointment with the pulmonary doctor, I wasn't waiting until the last minute. I got my C-PAP machine memory card read and the compliance letter from the doctor with no problem, so off to the industrial clinic for the two hour wait for a DOT Physical I go.
New this year, the DOT Exam you print off UPSers.com is no good now where I am. They had to send my phone a link to log into a "FormFox" App to fill out the same info. The doctor does my physical and finds no problem, or so I thought. She refused to sign my DOT card because I didn't bring in a 90-day printout from the C-PAP memory card. Nobody from UPS HR or management has informed me about changes to DOT regulations, my Center Manager was completely clueless about any of this. I drove back to the pulmonary doctor after going back home to retrieve the memory card to get it read again. The therapist went home early so they couldn't fax the printout to the clinic. I drove back to the clinic and turned in the printout. The doctor still refused to sign the card despite me having two documents proving that I am in compliance. She said something about the DOT requires her to review this paperwork within 24-48 hours, now I have a 45-day extension to go back and get a signed DOT Card from that clinic. My Center Manager told me to get the two documents and he would authorize me going to a different clinic and starting a new exam. I wasn't allowed by the new DOT rules to do this, this is all online now.
Every year I go now the rules seem to change. HR is no help at the building I work in so I would suggest anybody diagnosed with sleep apnea to do a little research into what you exactly need to get a DOT Card these days. I wasted eight hours today for nothing, its ridiculous.