SHORT CERT LIKELY — 1-YEAR
The checker reads your verdict. The Kit gets you through the exam: documentation packets for your condition, the two 45-day form clocks run as a calendar, the official medication form packet, waiting-period calendars, failure recovery, and the examiner phone script.
Federal source: FMCSA Medical Examiner's Handbook 2024, Cardiovascular; FMCSA FAQ (MI/CABG waiting periods) · Rules checked October 2026
Advisory criteria: a 3-month waiting period after bypass surgery (the sternum must heal). Certification then runs at 1-year intervals with annual cardiology evaluation; an exercise tolerance test is expected at the 5-year mark and periodically thereafter. A bypass is classed as a remedial procedure — it does not preclude certification.
Three months, then 1-year cards with a cardiologist in the loop every year.
Certificate this points to: 1-YEAR certificates, while the standard's monitoring continues.
Bring surgical records, the cardiologist's clearance, and evidence the sternum has healed. If your surgery followed a heart attack, the 3-month surgery clock is the one that governs.
This question is decided by the federal text together with its published advisory criteria — clocks, thresholds, and specialist files. The verdict above follows the cited criteria; your documentation is what proves you meet them.
Only a certified medical examiner on the National Registry can certify you. FreightVerdict reads the published federal standards — it does not certify, diagnose, or treat, and nothing here is medical advice.
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