SPECIALIST / EXEMPTION PATH
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Federal source: 49 CFR 391.41(b)(13); Appendix A to Part 391, §M · Rules checked October 2026
The standard disqualifies a driver with a current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism. The operative word is current: the standard is a diagnosis standard, not a lifetime-history standard. A driver in sustained recovery whose treating clinician no longer diagnoses current alcoholism is judged on documentation of that status.
A current diagnosis means not qualified. A documented recovery is a different case — the door is your treating clinician's current evaluation, in writing, not time served alone and not your own say-so.
Bring a current written evaluation from the clinician treating you, addressing diagnosis status and sustained recovery. If you are in a carrier's return-to-duty process after a drug or alcohol violation, that is a separate federal regime (Part 40) — this page covers the medical standard only.
This question is decided by the federal text itself. The verdict above is computed from the cited words — your examiner is bound by the same text.
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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