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DOT/FMCSA/Part 382
DOT Drug and Alcohol Tests are Required, based on your entries.
(1) Alcohol tests. If a test required by this section is not administered within two hours following the accident, the employer shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons the test was not promptly administered. If a test required by this section is not administered within eight hours following the accident, the employer shall cease attempts to administer an alcohol test and shall prepare and maintain the same record. Records shall be submitted to the FMCSA upon request.
(2) Controlled substance tests. If a test required by this section is not administered within 32 hours following the accident, the employer shall cease attempts to administer a controlled substances test, and prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons the test was not promptly administered. Records shall be submitted to the FMCSA upon request.
DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing are NOT Required per DOT regulations, based on your entries.
This does not preclude an employer from conducting an FMCSA DOT Reasonable Suspicion Test if there are signs and symptoms of drug and/or alcohol use present. This does not preclude the Employer from conducting a non-DOT test under their own authority if allowed under state or local laws. Remember to use non-DOT testing forms.
DOT/FAA Part 120
DOT/FAA Drug and Alcohol Tests are Required
Each employer shall test each surviving covered employee who performs a safety-sensitive function for the presence of alcohol and prohibited drugs in the employee's system if that employee's performance either contributed to an accident or cannot be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the accident. The employee shall be drug tested as soon as possible but not later than 32 hours after the accident. The decision not to administer a test under this section must be based on a determination, using the best information available at the time of the determination, that the employee's performance could not have contributed to the accident. The employee shall submit to post-accident testing under this section.
If an alcohol test is not administered within 2 hours following the accident, the employer shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons the test was not promptly administered. If an alcohol test is not administered within 8 hours following the accident, the employer shall cease attempts to administer an alcohol test and shall prepare and maintain the same record
DOT/FAA Drug and Alcohol Testing is NOT Required per DOT/FAA regulations.
This does not preclude an employer from conducting an FFA/DOT Reasonable Suspicion Test if there are signs and symptoms of drug and/or alcohol use present. This does not preclude the Employer from conducting a non-DOT test under their own authority if allowed under state or local laws. Remember to use non-DOT testing forms.
DOT/FTA Part 655
DOT/FTA Part 655
DOT/FTA Drug and Alcohol Testing is NOT Required per DOT/FTA regulations.
This does not preclude an employer from conducting an FFA/DOT Reasonable Suspicion Test if there are signs and symptoms of drug and/or alcohol use present. This does not preclude the Employer from conducting a non-DOT test under their own authority if allowed under state or local laws. Remember to use non-DOT testing forms.
DOT/PHMSA (pipeline)
US Coast Guard - Homeland Security - 46 CFR Parts 4 and 16; 33 CFR Part 95; and 49 CFR Part 40
USCG Drug and Alcohol Tests are Required
Determine who is Directly Involved in a Serious Marine Incident: A marine employer is responsible for determining
what personnel were directly involved in a Serious Marine Incident. This determination should be
based on the operation being performed at the time of the accident, and what personnel could have or
should have had a role in that operation. A guideline is to test any personnel whose negligence
cannot be discounted as contributing to the serious marine incident. A law enforcement officer has
the authority to further name personnel as being directly involved in a Serious Marine Incident and
as such, direct them to submit to alcohol and drug testing.
(1) Alcohol tests. If a test required by this section is not administered within two hours following the accident, the employer shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons the test was not promptly administered. If a test required by this section is not administered within eight hours following the accident, the employer shall cease attempts to administer an alcohol test and shall prepare and maintain the same record. For alcohol, the testing device that will be used is required to be listed on the current Conforming Products List (CPL) periodically published by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Acceptable specimens are: breath, saliva, or blood. All blood alcohol tests are to be collected by trained medical personnel. A urine test for alcohol is not acceptable.
(2) Controlled substance tests. If a test required by this section is not administered within 32 hours following the accident, the employer shall cease attempts to administer a controlled substances test, and prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons the test was not promptly administered. Note that only a DOT 5-panel drug test of a marinerโs urine specimen is acceptable. A
blood test for drugs is unacceptable. All drug tests are required to meet the
requirements stated in 49 CFR Part 40 for collectors, laboratory and MRO services.
USCG Drug and Alcohol Testing are NOT Required per USCG regulations.
This does not preclude an employer from conducting an USCG Reasonable CauseTest if there are signs and symptoms of drug and/or alcohol use present. This does not preclude the Employer from conducting a non-federal (USCG) test under their own authority if allowed under state or local laws. Remember to use non-DOT testing forms.
Federal Railroad Administration - FRA
Non -Hiway grade questions