Tex. Transp. Code Section 647.008
Physical Examination Requirement

(a)

A person may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers and a carrier may not permit or require a person to operate the motor vehicle unless:

(1)

the person has been physically examined by a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy during the preceding 36 months; and

(2)

the doctor certifies that the person is physically qualified in accordance with Section 647.007 (Operator Physical Requirements).

(b)

The doctor’s certificate must state:
Qualified under that law
Qualified only when wearing glasses or corrective lenses
____________ ____________

(Date)

(Place)
________________________________
(Signature of Examining Doctor)
________________________________
(Address of Doctor)

(c)

A carrier shall keep in its files at the carrier’s principal place of business a legible doctor’s certificate or a legible photographically reproduced copy of the doctor’s certificate for each operator it employs or uses.

(d)

An operator shall carry the operator’s legible doctor’s certificate or a legible photographically reproduced copy of the doctor’s certificate when operating the motor vehicle.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.34(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 647.008 — Physical Examination Requirement, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­647.­htm#647.­008 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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