PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT

(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers and a carrier may not permit or require a person to operate the motor vehicle unless: (1) the person has been physically examined by a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy during the preceding 36 months; and (2) the doctor certifies that the person is physically qualified in accordance with Section 647.007. (b) The doctor's certificate must state: "Doctor's Certificate (Operator of Migrant Agricultural Workers) This is to certify that I have this day examined __________ in accordance with the Texas law governing physical qualifications of operators of migrant agricultural workers and that I find __________ Qualified under that law Qualified only when wearing glasses or corrective lenses I have kept on file in my office a completed examination. ____________ ____________ (Date) (Place) ________________________________ (Signature of Examining Doctor) ________________________________ (Address of Doctor) (c) A carrier shall keep in its files at the carrier's principal place of business a legible doctor's certificate or a legible photographically reproduced copy of the doctor's certificate for each operator it employs or uses. (d) An operator shall carry the operator's legible doctor's certificate or a legible photographically reproduced copy of the doctor's certificate when operating the motor vehicle.