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After a heart transplant — 1 year, then 6-month cards

SHORT CERT LIKELY — 6-MONTH

The $49 Medical Card Kit — $49, one-time payment

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.

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Federal source: FMCSA Medical Examiner's Handbook 2024, Cardiovascular · Rules checked October 2026

What the federal text says

Advisory criteria: a waiting period of 1 year after heart transplantation, then certification at 6-month intervals with close specialist follow-up and no evidence of rejection or significant transplant-related complications.

What that means for you

One year out, then the shortest routine card in the heart lattice — 6 months — with your transplant team effectively co-signing each cycle.

Certificate this points to: 6-MONTH certificates, while the standard's monitoring continues.

What moves the outcome

Bring transplant-center documentation: rejection status, current function, medication list, and the team's clearance in words.

Which mode is this?

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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