DOT AND DRIVER HEALTH Sleep apnea recommendations among FMCSA's work on health issues

摘要

The next step in the federal effort to address sleep apnea in truck drivers will come this summer, when the Federal Motor Carrier _JR» Safety Administration will ask a panel of advisers for recommendations on how it should proceed. The agency has scheduled an August meeting between its Medical Review Board, which has recommended tougher sleep apnea regulations, and its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, a panel of 19 officials from the industry, the enforcement community and labor and safety advocacy groups to which the agency turns for feedback and ideas on industry issues.