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News

 

  • October 2, 2025 - ODAPC published an updated 'What Employers Need to Know About DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing' document. View the document here

  • October 1, 2025 - DOT publishes a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) that would update  terminology in DOT’s drug and alcohol testing regulations consistent with Executive Order 14168 (E.O. 14168), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.  DOT continues to propose a provision to require a directly observed urine collection in situations where oral fluid tests are currently required, but oral fluid testing is not yet available.  Learn more

  • September 2, 2025 -  DOT proposes to amend its drug-testing program regulation, 49 CFR part 40 (part 40), to add fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and norfentanyl (a metabolite of fentanyl) to its drug testing panels.  The Department also proposes to amend certain provisions of part 40 to harmonize, as appropriate, with the current HHS Mandatory Guidelines using urine and oral fluid.  This NPRM also proposes to clarify certain existing part 40 drug testing program provisions and to make technical amendments.  Learn more  

  • December 9, 2024 - DOT proposes to revise its drug testing procedures rule, which became effective on June 1, 2023, to provide interim provisions to require the conduct of directly observed urine tests in situations where oral fluid tests are currently required, but oral fluid testing is not yet available.  Learn more
  • November 5, 2024 - DOT revises its drug and alcohol testing procedures, as amended by a final rule published on May 2, 2023, to provide temporary qualification requirements for mock oral fluid monitors, provide for consistent requirements by identifying which individuals may be present during an oral fluid collection, and clarify how collectors are to document that a sufficient volume of oral fluid was collected. Learn more

  • October 15, 2024 - DOT proposes to amend its regulations for conducting workplace drug and alcohol testing for the federally regulated transportation industry to allow, but not require, electronic signatures on documents required to be created and utilized under the regulations, the use of electronic versions of forms, and the electronic storage of forms and data.  The regulatory changes would apply to DOT-regulated employers and their contractors (“service agents”) who administer their DOT-regulated drug and alcohol testing programs.  Learn more

  • August 1, 2024 - DOT withdraws the direct final rule ‘‘Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs,’’ published on June 21, 2024.  Learn more

  • June 21, 2024  - DOT published three notices in the Federal Register relating to its May 2, 2023 final rule, that among other items, authorized employers to use oral fluid drug testing as an alternative testing methodology to urine drug testing.  Learn more

  • June 1, 2023 - ODAPC published an updated 'Substance Abuse Professional Guidelines' document. View the document here

  • May 2, 2023 - The Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance published a final rule in the Federal Register.  This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulated industry drug testing program to include oral fluid testing.  Learn more

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Last updated: Monday, October 6, 2025