Certification Test Working Integrated Product Team

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is pleased to announce the selection of the members and alternates for the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) Certification Test Working Integrated Product Team (WIPT). The Certification Test WIPT represents the FMCSA medical examiner candidate base in the development and maintenance of the FMCSA medical examiner certification test. The Certification Test WIPT is responsible for assisting with test item writing and review, the Passing Score Study, and development of test forms and the certification candidate handbook. This group will have the ongoing task of assisting with the maintenance of the certification test.

The Certification Test WIPT is composed of members and alternates who represent each of the primary professions performing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver physical examinations: doctors of medicine (MD) and osteopathy (DO), advanced practice nurses (APN), physician assistants (PA) and chiropractors (DC).

Certification Test WIPT Members & Alternates

Member Biographies
Alternate Biographies

Participant Selection

Applications for the Certification Test WIPT were solicited through the NRCME Web site and through messages to national medical groups and medical professionals representing the primary professions performing CMV driver physical examinations.

Members and alternates were selected from geographically diverse sections of the country and represent many different work environments.

In an effort to ensure members and alternates are representative of the overall medical examiner population, they were selected based on the following criteria:

• Medical profession
• Work environment
• Regional location
• Rural and urban location
• Number of CMV driver physical examinations performed annually
• Number of years performing CMV driver physical examinations
• Ability to make a three-to-five year commitment to serve on the WIPT
• Willingness to refrain from participating in activities constituting a conflict of interest