Dot Drug Testing
DOT updates drug and alcohol testing requirements - Policy and Legislation - Brief Article U.S. DOT announced that it is issuing several rules to update its new drug and alcohol testing procedures that were published in December 2000 and which became effective Aug. 1, 2001.
The first of these rules is a set of technical amendments that clarify or correct a number of details in the regulations published last December. The amendments emphasize the obligation of participants to start using a new, simpler drug testing collection form, but provide a three-month period during which use of the old form will not cause tests to be declared invalid. The rule also provides that "validity testing" of urine specimens will remain voluntary until the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a final rule governing laboratory procedures for validity testing.
Each of the department's operating administrations is also publishing a "conforming" rule to make its own drug and alcohol testing requirements fully consistent with the DOT rules.
In addition, the department is publishing a document responding to comments on certain policy issues raised concerning the new requirements.
All of the documents have been posted on the department's docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov (Docket Nos. OST-1999-6578, FAA-2000-843 1, FTA-2000-85 13, and FRA-2000-8583).
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