CDL Medical Certification and Self-Certification Process

All Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders licensed in Georgia may submit their Medical Certifications online. However, CDL drivers wishing to certify their driving category or make a change to their CDL Self Certification Status must submit the CDL Self Certification Form in person at a DDS Customer Service Center.

Please note that Self Certification Forms only need to be submitted once. They must be re-submitted (in person) ONLY if there is a change in the Self Certification Status.

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You must determine whether you operate in interstate or intrastate commerce, and are excepted or non-excepted from either the Federal or State requirements.

RULES FOR EXCEPTED and NON-EXCEPTED

• EXCEPTED (E): If you answer "YES" to any of the questions below, your commercial driver status is EXCEPTED (E).
  • Drive a School Bus?
  • Transport for a federal government, state, or political subdivision?
  • Occasionally transport personal property (Personal use)?
  • Drive a fire truck or rescue vehicle?
  • Drive for custom farm harvesting operations?
  • Transport human corpses, sick or injured persons?
  • Drive a 9-15 passenger van (
  • Drive a non-combination vehicle controlled and operated by a farmer (no hazardous materials)?
  • Provide emergency delivery of propane?
  • Transport migrant workers?
  • Transport bees seasonally as a Beekeeper?

  RULES FOR INTRASTATE (A) or INTERSTATE (I)

  INTRASTATE (A)

  • You drive inside the State of GA only AND the cargo on your vehicle is from inside the state of GA and will not leave the State of GA.

  INTERSTATE (I)

  • You drive from the state of GA to any other State or Foreign Country: OR
  • You move cargo in the state of GA that came from another state; OR
  • Your cargo will be moved to another State or Foreign Country
  1. Non-excepted Interstate (NI) - I operate or expect to operate in interstate commerce and am required to maintain federal medical certification. (Medical Certificate/Card Required)
  2. Non-excepted Intrastate (NA) - I operate or expect to operate only in intrastate commerce and am required to meet FMCSA driver qualification requirements. (Medical Certificate/Card Required)
  3. Excepted Interstate (EI) - I operate or expect to operate in interstate commerce, but engage exclusively in operations that qualify me for exception from the requirement to maintain federal medical certification.
  4. Excepted Intrastate (EA) - I operate or expect to operate only in a city, county, state or federal vehicle only, and I am exempt from the FMCSA driver qualification requirements.
  1. Submit Online: Visit Online Services and select the Submit CDL Self-Certification/Documents link.
  2. Fax to: (770) 918-6271 (Individual Customers only)
  3. Mail to the following address: (individual and multiple submissions)
     1. Georgia Department of Driver Services
        Attn: RM-CDL
        Post Office Box 80447
        Conyers, Georgia 30013

     Self-Certification Documents can only be submitted in-person at a DDS Customer Service Center. Please visit Find a Customer Service Center to find a location near you.

     Important:

     • You must keep your medical certification up-to-date unless you are eligible to certify into an excepted category.
     • The DDS encourages CDL drivers to keep a copy of their valid medical information with them at all times.
     • To read more about the Federal Medical Certification Requirements visit: FMCA Medical Site.