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.

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.

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...

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...

Hazardous Materials Safety Permit (HMSP) Program: Amendment to Enforcement Policy, 80 Fed. Reg. 35253

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Hazardous Materials Safety Permit (HMSP) Program:  Amendment to Enforcement Policy, 80 Fed. Reg. 35253 (June 19, 2015)

The Federal Register text can be found on the Federal Register website. To view the Federal...

Change to FMCSA Policy on Calculating and Publicizing the Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service Rates and Crash Rates; Notice of Amendment of Policy, 77 Fed. Reg. 38215

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Change to FMCSA Policy on Calculating and Publicizing the Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service Rates and Crash Rates; Notice of Amendment of Policy, 77 Fed. Reg. 38215 (June 27, 2012)

The Federal Register text...

FMCSA Policy on Considering the Preventability of Crashes in Administrative Review Requests of Hazardous Materials Safety Permit Denials Based Upon Crash Rates in the Top 30 Percent of the National Average Under 49 CFR 385.407; Notice of Enforcement Polic

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FMCSA Policy on Considering the Preventability of Crashes in Administrative Review Requests of Hazardous Materials Safety Permit Denials Based Upon Crash Rates in the Top 30 Percent of the National Average Under 49 CFR 385.407; Notice of...