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The Office of the Secretary (OST) is amending its drug and alcohol testing procedures to authorize employers to disclose to State commercial driver licensing (CDL) authorities the drug and alcohol violations of employees who hold CDLs and operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), when a State...
The Department of Transportation is amending certain provisions of its drug and alcohol testing procedures to change instructions to collectors, laboratories, medical review officers, and employers regarding adulterated, substituted, diluted, and invalid urine specimen results.
These...
The Department is issuing this notice to respond to comments on the amendment to 49 CFR 40.67(b) issued as part of a final rule on June 25, 2008. The Department is not changing this amendment, which will go into effect, as scheduled, on November 1, 2008. On November 1, 2008, direct observation...
The DOT Agencies & Unites States Coast Guard (USCG) have provided guidance about what their regulated-employer DOT policies will need to contain about the changes to 49 CFR Part 40, which are effective October 1, 2010.
The DOT testing at HHS-certified laboratories will continue to be a 5-panel drug test regimen, on and after October 1, 2010. This document provides guidance on this announcement.
We want to remind MROs to study the new rule and to pay special attention to sections in the preamble and rule text related to new MRO responsibilities regarding drug test results review and record keeping, in addition to the new MRO requalification training requirements.
Notice: Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form & Technical Amendment
49 CFR Part 40 - Interim Final Rule (IFR)
If you have questions regarding:
Safety-Sensitive Positions Pre-employment Tests Post-Accident Tests Random Tests Reasonable Suspicion Tests Return to Duty Tests Follow-up Tests Employee Prohibitions and Rule...The Office of General Counsel and Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance of the Department of Transportation are providing this question and answer. It constitutes an official and authoritative guidance and interpretation concerning 49 CFR Part 40 (see 49 CFR 40.5). This Question and...
Can an employer wishing to conduct pre-employment alcohol testing, do so?
Answer A DOT-regulated employer (except under USCG rules) wishing to conduct pre-employment alcohol testing under DOT authority may do so if certain...