Jan 14, 2025 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has once again postponed publishing its new guidelines for hair drug testing until May 2025. The guidelines will apply to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in addition to other U.S. federal...
Nov 21, 2024 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
The DOT issued a summary of changes earlier this month on a Part 40 final rule that will be effective as of December 5, 2204 regarding oral fluid testing and certification. The rule firstly clarifies that if you are a DOT certified collector for urine specimens this...
Jul 3, 2024 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
The Federal Register posted a revision to the CFR on June 21, 2024, as final rule to be implemented as of August 5, 2024. The DOT published the rule without any proposal or discussion time as it was felt that the revisions being made are so noncontroversial that there...
Aug 25, 2023 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The old DOT CCF forms expire on August 31, 2023 and are not to be used for collections anymore after that point. This means that as of that date if you are using an old DOT CCF you will be REQUIRED to send along a Memorandum for Record (MFR). If you do not send along...
Jan 31, 2023 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied a request from a group of carriers to expand the scope of the reported drug clearinghouse results to also include the results of hair testing. The request for hair testing results to be...
May 25, 2022 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to a recent Notice of Meeting published on the U.S. Federal Register Website, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB) will hold an...
