Virginia CDL Virginia Medical Self-Certification and Electronic MEC Record

Every Virginia CDL or CLP applicant and holder self-certifies as excepted interstate, excepted intrastate, non-excepted interstate, or non-excepted intrastate. The answer depends on the actual commerce and operation, not the employer's label.

Drivers in non-excepted interstate or non-excepted intrastate operation need a valid Medical Examiner's Certificate from an examiner on FMCSA's National Registry unless Virginia has approved the specific state alternative or variance. Intrastate categories also carry K.

Effective May 5, 2025, Virginia DMV no longer accepts an MEC directly from the commercial driver. The certified medical examiner submits the result electronically through the FMCSA National Registry integration.

Virginia still accepts the CDL self-certification through its listed online, mail, or in-person channels. An electronically transmitted MEC does not choose the driver's commerce category, and a self-certification form does not create a medical examination result.

A driver with a medical variance must carry or maintain the required supporting documentation and comply with V, K, I, or other restrictions. A Virginia intrastate HazMat variance is limited, annual, employment-linked, and not transferable.

Apply each rule to the exact Virginia credential, age, residence, legal-presence status, medical category, test stage, date, vehicle group, brake system, passenger use, cargo, and route. Current Virginia DMV webpages supersede older supplement text when a procedure or transaction changed after May 1, 2023.