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Personalized Chiropractic Care

Hippard Chiropractic, your trusted family chiropractor, specializes in providing personalized care tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual. Our expert services include precise spinal adjustments aimed at promoting overall wellness and effective pain relief. We pride ourselves on offering compassionate care, with a healing touch designed to bring your body back into proper alignment. Our primary goal is to support your journey toward achieving and maintaining optimal health and well-being. At Hippard Chiropractic, we are dedicated to helping you and your family live a healthier, pain-free life through our comprehensive and personalized chiropractic services.

Department of Transportation (DOT) Physical

A Department of Transportation (DOT) physical is a comprehensive medical exam that assesses a driver's health to ensure they can safely operate a commercial vehicle. The exam includes:

Medical history:

The medical examiner will discuss your health history and any ongoing treatments
Vital signs:

The medical examiner will take your blood pressure, pulse rate, height, and weight
Vision:

The medical examiner will check your vision, including your acuity and peripheral vision
Hearing:

The medical examiner will check your hearing, including your ability to hear a forced whisper
Urinalysis:

The medical examiner will collect a urine sample to check for protein, blood, sugar, and other health markers
Physical examination:

The medical examiner will check your general appearance, skin, eyes, ears, mouth, throat, heart, lungs, abdomen, back, spine, and more
Reflexes:

The medical examiner will check your reflexes
Gait:

The medical examiner will observe your walking pattern

The medical examiner will also check for conditions that could affect your ability to drive, such as:

Epilepsy or seizure disorders
Uncontrolled hypertension
Heart or respiratory conditions
Diabetes
Sleep disorders
Psychiatric disorders
Alcoholism
Drug abuse

You should bring a list of your medications and the names and addresses of your prescribing doctors to your DOT physical.

Illinois School Bus Physical

The physical exam for an Illinois school bus driver includes a medical exam, drug test, and tuberculosis test. The exam also assesses the applicant's ability to perform the essential functions of the job.

Medical exam

Medical history: The applicant's medical history is reviewed
Vision: The applicant's visual acuity is tested
Urine test: The applicant's urine is tested using a dip stick
General appearance: The applicant's general appearance and development are noted
Posture: The applicant's posture is checked for defects
Tremors: The applicant is checked for tremors
Limp: The applicant is checked for a perceptible limp

Drug and tuberculosis tests

The applicant is tested for drugs and tuberculosis
A positive test result disqualifies the applicant

Urine Drug and Breath Alcohol Testing Consortium

A drug testing consortium is a group of companies or employers that band together to collectively manage their Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated drug and alcohol testing programs, essentially combining their employee pool into a single random testing pool, allowing smaller companies or owner-operators to comply with DOT regulations while minimizing costs by sharing the administrative burden with other members; essentially acting as a "third-party administrator" for their drug testing needs.

Key points about a drug testing consortium:

Purpose:

To facilitate DOT compliant random drug and alcohol testing for member companies, particularly beneficial for small businesses or owner-operators who may not have a large enough employee pool to manage their own testing program.
How it works:

Each company adds their eligible employees to a shared random testing pool, and the consortium administrator selects individuals for testing based on DOT regulations.
Benefits:
- Cost-effective: Sharing the cost of administering the testing program across multiple companies.
- Compliance assurance: Ensures adherence to DOT rules and regulations
- Simplified management: Consortium handles the administrative tasks like selecting random test subjects, managing results, and notifying employers.
Who manages it:

A third-party administrator (TPA) is usually responsible for overseeing the consortium, handling all aspects of the drug testing process