Category: DOT

FMCSA Compliance and Regulations

The long awaited FMCSA Clearinghouse is now becoming a reality.  Employers will be able to check the...

Our Roads Just Got Safer

With the efforts of drug screening and automobile safety legislation, the roads of the 21st century are...

FMCSA Addresses CDL Staffing Companies

>>>  In the Federal Register on December 23, 12016, the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration...

FMCSA Clearinghouse - Database Part 1

>>>  Curious About the Proposed FMCSA Database >>> At long last, there has been some...

DOT Protocol For Positive Test Results

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a strict set of drug screening rules and guidelines that employers and...

What are the DOT’s Direct Observation Procedures?

The Department of Transportation (DOT) requires all employees to be drug tested for pre-employment, post-accident...

Final Rule Change to Service Agent

08/08/2016 – Today the Department of Transportation published in the Federal Register a change in...

Top 5 FAA Frequently Asked Employer Questions - FAQs

FAQ 1: What are the training requirements for my employees and supervisors?  The Federal Aviation...

Post-Accident Testing For DOT - FMCSA

FMCSA Post-Accident Drug Testing is often confusing. When is the DOT FMCSA Post Accident Test...

DOT Public Interest Exclusion - PIE

… What is the Public Interest Exclusion and Some Major Causative Factors? A topic that...

Credentialed Mariner - Non-Negative Test Result – Part 4

Consequences for a Credentialed Mariner with a Non-Negative Test Result – Part 4 US Coast...

Credentialed Mariner with a Non-Negative Test Result – Part 3

… United States Coase Guard (USCG) Regulated Drug & Alcohol Testing .. What Happens to...

Positive Drug Test Serious for a Credentialed Marine - Part 2

… Consequences for a Credentialed Mariner with a Non-Negative Test Result  US Coast Guard DOT Drug...

US Coast Guard Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations

… US Coast Guard Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy – Positive Test Consequences … Consequences of...

Laboratories for Workplace Drug Testing

… SAMHSA Certified Laboratories for Workplace Drug Testing – These laboratories confirm all non-negative /...

Compliance For Owner Operators

Owner operators are required to be DOT compliant.  The drug and alcohol testing program is...

FMCSA Reasonable Suspicion Drug & Alcohol Testing

…Supervisor Training is Required to Make Reasonable Suspicion Determinations … FMCSA Reasonable Suspicion Testing If...

Expanded Opiates for DOT Testing?

… SAMHSA Mandatory Guidelines Proposed Revision for Urine Testing… Are You Ready for Expanded Opiates for...

FMCSA New Entrant Examinations

… FMCSA DOT Required Drug Testing … FMCSA:  Random Testing History and Development in the...

Trucking & Bus Companies - Pre-employment Test Exception

… FMCSA:  When to Conduct Pre-employment Testing versus When Not to Conduct Pre-employment Drug Testing...

Owner Operator Program – DOT

… FMCSA: Breadth and Scope of the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations For some...

US Coast Guard Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations

… Drug and Alcohol Testing as required by the DOT and the United States Coast...

DER Requirements - DOT

Designated Employer Representative (DER) Definition and Responsibilities DER Training Webinars Now Available Employers of safety-sensitive...

uscg smi required drug test

HELP!  What Do I Need to Be in Compliance? … Marine Employers – Help is...

DOT Physicals – Examiners Must Be Certified

Medical examiners providing DOT physicals under the FMCSA regulation must be certified. Call 866-843-4545 or...