No Yes No Yes
INTERSTATE Commerce
If you or your cargo
DO cross state lines
Do you operate in any of these
federally excepted categories?
• All school bus operations
• Transportation performed by any political subdivision
• Transportation of human corpses or sick and
injured persons
• Operation of re trucks and rescue vehicles while
involved in emergency and related operations
• Operation of vehicles designed or used to transport
between 9 and 15 passengers not for direct compensation
• Transportation of propane winter heating fuel during an
emergency or responding to a pipeline emergency
• Farm custom operations: custom-harvesting operations,
transporting farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from
a farm for custom-harvesting operations on a farm, or to
transport custom-harvested crops to storage or market
• Seasonal transportation of bees in a commercial motor
vehicle controlled and operated by a beekeeper
• Operation of private motor carrier of passengers
(non-business)
• Occasional transportation of personal property not
for compensation or commercial enterprise
INTRASTATE Commerce
If you or your cargo
DO NOT cross state lines
Do you operate in any of these
state excepted categories ?
• Tow trucks (if requested by Federal, State or local
ofcer to move wrecked or disabled vehicle)
• Grandfathered (held a valid CDL since July 29,
1996 that has not been revoked)
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All federally excepted categories in
the box to the left can be used as state
exceptions as well.
1. Self-certify as a Tier 1 driver.
2. Submit a copy of your
Medical Examiner’s
Certicate (Fed Med card)
to the Wisconsin DMV.
* You must keep a current copy of
your Fed Med card on le with
WisDOT. Failure to do so can
result in a downgrade of your
CDL status. To upload your Fed
Med card online, visit cdl.wi.gov
and select “Upload your fed med
card”.
1. Self-certify as a Tier 2 driver.
* If you are a school bus driver, you
will need to have a current school
bus physical (MV3030B) OR Fed
Med card on le with WisDOT as
proof of physical tness.
1. Self-certify as a Tier 3 driver.
2. You DO NOT need to submit
a copy of your Medical
Examiner’s Certicate to the
Wisconsin DMV except when
you go to a DMV Service
Center for a new driver license.
3. You must carry a copy of
your Medical Examiner’s
Certicate with you when
operating a CMV.
* Your driver license will show
a restriction identifying you as
an intrastate only driver (when
operating a CMV).
1. Self-certify as a Tier 4 driver.
* If you are a school bus driver, you
will need to have a current school
bus physical (MV3030B) OR Fed
Med card on le with WisDOT as
proof of physical tness.
* * Your driver license will show
a restriction identifying you as
an intrastate only driver (when
operating a CMV).
How to determine your
Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Tier Level
TIER
1
Nonexcepted
Interstate
TIER
2
Excepted
Interstate
TIER
3
Nonexcepted
Intrastate
TIER
4
Excepted
Intrastate
COMMERCIAL DRIVER CERTIFICATION: TIER OF OPERATION (continued)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation MV3230
How
do you
operate your
CMV?
Requires a Fed Med card* Does not require a Fed Med card* Requires a Fed Med card Does not require a Fed Med card*
