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 · Rules checked October 2026
Advisory criteria: heart failure may be certified at 1-year intervals when the driver is asymptomatic, has an ejection fraction above 40%, demonstrates exercise capacity above 6 METs, and tolerates the medication regimen, with annual cardiology follow-up.
Two numbers carry this verdict: EF above 40 and an ETT above 6 METs, with no symptoms. Below either line, the published answer is not yet.
Certificate this points to: 1-YEAR certificates, while the standard's monitoring continues.
Bring a current echo (for EF), a current ETT, and a cardiologist letter that uses the word asymptomatic if it is true. If your EF is being actively improved by treatment, time your exam after the re-check, not before it.
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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