Trucking and Motorcoaches

Legacy ID

316

Supervisor Training: Do I need to train my CDL driver supervisors to recognize physical, behavioral, speech, and performance indicators of drug use or alcohol misuse?

Guidance about the supervisory training required for reasonable suspicion testing.

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Supervisor Training: Do I need to train my CDL driver supervisors to recognize physical, behavioral, speech, and performance indicators of drug use or alcohol misuse?

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Requirements for Positives or Refusals: A CDL driver tests positive, or refuses to take, a DOT drug or alcohol test. What must the driver do to be able to resume performing safety sensitive functions, such as operating any type of commercial motor vehicle

Guidance about the return-to-duty requirement.

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Requirements for Positives or Refusals: A CDL driver tests positive, or refuses to take, a DOT drug or alcohol test. What must the driver do to be able to resume performing safety sensitive functions, such as operating any type...

Investigation of Third Parties and Other Service Agents: Does the FMCSA have authority to investigate consortium third party administrators (C/TPA’s) and other service agents?

Describes FMCSA enforcement authority against service agents.

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Investigation of Third Parties and Other Service Agents: Does the FMCSA have authority to investigate consortium third party administrators (C/TPA’s) and other service agents?

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Yes. FMCSA...

Annual MIS Requirements: Do motor carriers need to report their drug and alcohol results to FMCSA every year?

Guidance to motor carriers on how file and submit their annual MIS reports.

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Annual MIS Requirements: Do motor carriers need to report their drug and alcohol results to FMCSA every year?

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Motor carriers submit management information system (MIS...

Requirements While Not Performing Safety-Sensitive Functions: A CDL driver is selected for a random drug test and the employer directs the driver to be tested when he was (off duty) not performing a safety-sensitive function.

Guidance clarifying that a driver shall only be tested for alcohol while, just before, or just after the driver performs safety-sensitive functions.

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Requirements While Not Performing Safety-Sensitive Functions: A CDL driver is selected for a random drug test and the...

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.

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

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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.

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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...