Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH)

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an operating administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Its core mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes and fatalities. To further this mission, under the authority of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (codified at 49 U.S.C. 31306a), FMCSA published a final rule titled, “Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse” (81 FR 87686). The rule amended the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to establish requirements for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse).
The Clearinghouse, a web-based system found at (https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov), provides FMCSA and employers of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with the necessary tools to identify drivers who are prohibited from operating CMVs due to DOT drug and alcohol program violations. The Clearinghouse helps ensure that such drivers receive the evaluation and treatment required by DOT regulation before being permitted to operate a CMV on public roads. Information maintained in the Clearinghouse enables employers to identify drivers who commit a drug or alcohol program violations while working for one employer but fail to subsequently inform another employer. Records of drug and alcohol program violations remain in the Clearinghouse for five years, or until the driver has completed the return-to-duty process, whichever is later. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is published in accordance with the E-Government Act because the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse system collects and uses of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on members of the public. This is an update to the previously published PIA to include IDEMIA integration with Clearinghouse.