Part-Time Drivers: Do part-time CDL drivers need to be in an employer’s DOT random testing pool?

Guidance clarifies the applicability of the DOT drug and alcohol random testing requirements for part-time drivers.

Part-Time Drivers: Do part-time CDL drivers need to be in an employer’s DOT random testing pool?

Yes, all CDL drivers of CMVs...

Random Testing Selection Period: A motor carrier conducts a DOT random test on a driver that was selected in the fourth quarter of the year, but the test was not verified by the medical review officer (MRO) until the next year. What year does this DOT ran

Guidance on when to report a random test that has been collected at the end of the year, but verified the following year.

Random Testing Selection Period: A motor carrier conducts a DOT random test on a driver that was selected in the fourth quarter of the year, but the...

Testing Pool Inclusions: Can an employer include in the DOT random testing pool non-CDL drivers who operate motor vehicles weighing less than 26,001 pounds?

Guidance on whether non-DOT covered employees may be placed in the DOT random testing pool.

Testing Pool Inclusions: Can an employer include in the DOT random testing pool non-CDL drivers who operate motor vehicles weighing less than 26,001 pounds?

No,...

Section § 382.605: Referral, evaluation, and treatment.

Section § 382.605: Referral, evaluation, and treatment.

Question 8: Can an employer overrule an SAP treatment recommendation?

Guidance: No. If found to need assistance, the employee cannot return to safety-sensitive functions until an SAP's follow-up...

Regulatory Guidance on the Designation of Steerable Rear Axle Operators (Tillermen) as Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles, 76 Fed. Reg. 32327

Regulation / Statute Cite (if any): 49 CFR 383.3 and 390.5

Federal Register Title and Cite

Regulatory Guidance on the Designation of Steerable Rear Axle Operators (Tillermen) as Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles, 76 Fed. Reg. 32327 (June 6, 2011)

The...

Section § 391.41(b)(6): Driver Safety & Health-Medical Requirements.

Word.docx: FMCSA-MED Hypertension-FAQ001.docx

Description: Hypertension and certification periods

Section § 391.41(b)(6): Driver Safety & Health-Medical Requirements.

Question: What is the effect on...

Section § 391.41(b)(11): Driver Safety & Health- Medical Requirements.

Word.docx: FMCSA-MED-391.41-Hearing-FAQ001.docx

Description: FAQ on Audiometry

Section § 391.41(b)(11): Driver Safety & Health- Medical Requirements.

Guidance Q&A

Question: When...

49 CFR § 390.3T General Applicability Question 24

Part 390

§ 390.3T General applicability

Question 24: To what extent does the FMCSA have jurisdiction to regulate the qualifications and hours of service of CMV drivers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce if the drivers only occasionally operate in interstate or foreign...

(395.8-Q12)

395.8-Q12)

Description

§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.   

Question 12: May a driver who is not required to use an ELD use “white-out” liquid paper to correct a paper record of duty status entry?

Guidance: Any...

May a motor carrier return a driver’s completed record of duty status to the driver for correction of inaccurate or incomplete entries?

§395.8 Driver’s record of duty status.   

Question 8: May a motor carrier return a driver’s completed record of duty status to the driver for correction of inaccurate or incomplete entries?

Guidance: Yes, although for drivers not...