# Impairment of a hand, finger, arm, foot, or leg — Medical conditions that disqualify a commercial driver under 49 CFR 391.41

For Impairment of a hand, finger, arm, foot, or leg, standard, as the regulation states it is (2) Has no impairment of: (i) A hand or finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping; or (ii) An arm, foot, or leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or has been granted a skill performance evaluation certificate pursuant to § 391.49 ;; paragraph is (b)(2); regulation section is 49 CFR 391.41, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Disqualifying condition or standard:** Impairment of a hand, finger, arm, foot, or leg _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standard, as the regulation states it:** (2) Has no impairment of: (i) A hand or finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping; or (ii) An arm, foot, or leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or has been granted a skill performance evaluation certificate pursuant to § 391.49 ; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Paragraph:** (b)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Regulation section:** 49 CFR 391.41

## What the source says

> (2) Has no impairment of: (i) A hand or finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping; or (ii) An arm, foot, or leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a commercial motor vehicle; or has been granted a skill performance evaluation certificate pursuant to § 391.49 ;

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-391/subpart-E/section-391.41

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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