{"id":17771,"date":"2025-07-08T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/occupational-health\/dot-exams\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:02:48","slug":"dot-exams","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/occupational-health\/dot-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex\u00e1menes DOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<h2>Recibir un examen f\u00edsico DOT en Southcoast Health<\/h2>\n<p>Las regulaciones federales exigen que cualquier persona que solicite o posea actualmente una licencia CDL debe pasar el examen f\u00edsico del Departamento de Transporte (DOT). El examen es necesario para determinar que una persona es lo suficientemente apta desde el punto de vista m\u00e9dico para conducir con seguridad un veh\u00edculo de motor comercial (CMV). Una vez que apruebe el examen, tendr\u00e1 24 meses antes de tener que volver a hacerlo, a menos que tenga ciertos problemas de salud, como presi\u00f3n arterial alta o apnea obstructiva del sue\u00f1o, en cuyo caso tendr\u00e1 que hacer el examen antes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/find-a-provider\/?query=DOT%20Certified\">Vea la lista de nuestros proveedores de Southcoast DOT-Certified.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n puede llamar a la Cl\u00ednica de Salud Laboral para concertar una cita. El n\u00famero es\u00a0<strong>508-973-5469.<\/strong> Las citas pueden concertarse en Fall River o New Bedford.<\/p>\n<h2>Requisitos para el examen f\u00edsico del DOT<\/h2>\n<p>Los requisitos b\u00e1sicos para pasar un examen f\u00edsico DOT son:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No consumir drogas de la Lista I (por ejemplo, marihuana, hero\u00edna, etc.), anfetaminas, estupefacientes u otras drogas que creen h\u00e1bito.<\/li>\n<li>Sin diagn\u00f3stico actual de alcoholismo.<\/li>\n<li>Sin antecedentes ni diagn\u00f3stico actual de epilepsia (convulsiones).<\/li>\n<li>Sin p\u00e9rdida o d\u00e9ficit funcional significativo de un pie, una pierna, una mano o un brazo, a menos que disponga de un certificado de evaluaci\u00f3n del funcionamiento de las habilidades.<\/li>\n<li>Si actualmente le han diagnosticado un infarto de miocardio, angina de pecho, insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva, insuficiencia de los vasos coronarios (coraz\u00f3n) o cualquier otra enfermedad cardiovascular conocida por ir acompa\u00f1ada de colapso, dificultad para respirar o desmayos, deber\u00e1 presentar al m\u00e9dico forense una nota de su cardi\u00f3logo en la que se indique que puede conducir un VMC sin restricciones. Es probable que tambi\u00e9n tenga que proporcionar el resultado de su prueba de esfuerzo card\u00edaco.<\/li>\n<li>Visi\u00f3n lejana en ambos ojos, as\u00ed como en cada ojo individualmente, 20\/40 o mejor, permiti\u00e9ndose dispositivos de mejora visual como gafas o lentes de contacto.<\/li>\n<li>Capacidad para distinguir los colores de las se\u00f1ales de tr\u00e1fico.<\/li>\n<li>Capacidad para percibir un susurro forzado en el mejor o\u00eddo a una distancia no inferior a metro y medio, con o sin uso de aud\u00edfono. Si no supera esta prueba, deber\u00e1 someterse a una prueba de audici\u00f3n.<\/li>\n<li>La tensi\u00f3n arterial debe ser inferior a 180\/110 mmHg. Se puede utilizar medicaci\u00f3n con receta para controlar la tensi\u00f3n arterial. Para la recertificaci\u00f3n, el objetivo de PA es de 140\/90 mmHg o menos.<\/li>\n<li>No se ha diagnosticado ning\u00fan trastorno respiratorio o de otro tipo que pueda interferir con la capacidad de una persona para conducir con seguridad un VMC. Por ejemplo, EPOC grave no controlada, apnea obstructiva del sue\u00f1o moderada o grave no tratada, narcolepsia, trastornos mentales o nerviosos importantes, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NOTA:<\/strong> Si actualmente no cumple la norma de diabetes, audici\u00f3n, convulsiones y\/o visi\u00f3n, puede solicitar una exenci\u00f3n de una de esas normas, utilizando los programas federales de exenciones. Todos los programas de exenci\u00f3n son para conductores que tienen la intenci\u00f3n de operar un CMV en un comercio interestatal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Un examen f\u00edsico DOT debe ser realizado por un M\u00e9dico Forense que est\u00e9 certificado y listado en el <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalregistry.fmcsa.dot.gov\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Registro Nacional de la FMCSA<\/a> (Administraci\u00f3n Federal de Seguridad de Autotransportes).<\/p>\n<p>Southcoast Health se enorgullece de ofrecer ex\u00e1menes f\u00edsicos DOT en MA y RI de examinadores m\u00e9dicos certificados por el DOT. Si usted est\u00e1 interesado en programar un examen, obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n del Registro de Veh\u00edculos Motorizados de Massachusetts o la Divisi\u00f3n de Veh\u00edculos Motorizados de Rhode Island a continuaci\u00f3n, p\u00f3ngase en contacto con Southcoast examinador para concertar una cita.<\/p>\n<p><em>Southcoast Health ofrece muchas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/occupational-health\/\">servicios de salud laboral<\/a>incluyendo ex\u00e1menes f\u00edsicos DOT, en Massachusetts y partes de Rhode Island.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receive a DOT Physical Exam at Southcoast Health Federal regulations mandate that anyone applying for or currently holding a CDL must pass the Department of Transportation (DOT) physical examination. 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