
School bus drivers who do not comply with the required additional medical examination may be subject to the suspension of their privilege to operate a school bus.


The Medical Doctor or Osteopathic Physician Evaluation page, located at the end of the New Jersey Medical Examination Form, must be submitted to the driver’s employer.ĭo not submit it to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). The New Jersey Medical Examination Form and the Medical Advisory Criteria may be found at School bus drivers who are 75 years of age or older must submit to an initial State examination and subsequent one every 6 months. Beginning in 2020, those bus drivers must then undergo this examination annually no later than June 1. School bus drivers who are 70 to 74 years of age must submit to the State examination described above. Drivers who are 75 years of age or older must, every 6 months, furnish evidence of continuing physical fitness by providing a medical examination form completed by a licensed medical doctor or osteopathic physician to their employers for review by the commission at the commission’s biannual (bus) inspection. Drivers who are 70 to 74 years of age must annually furnish evidence of continuing physical fitness by providing a medical examination form completed by a licensed medical doctor or osteopathic physician to their employers for review by the commission at the commission’s biannual (bus) inspection andī.

Effective December 17, 2018, certain bus drivers holding a school bus (S) endorsement must submit, in addition to the Federal Medical Examiner’s Certificate, a New Jersey Medical Examination Form.
