Mar 4, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
In a recent article published in the U.S. magazine Overdrive, senior editor Todd Dills discussed a statement he received from a drug-testing service provider, according to which police officers would not challenge THC-positive drug test results when truck drivers...
Jan 31, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On January 1, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established the structure to include oral fluid specimens in Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, this means truck drivers could be looking at oral fluid testing in the...
Jan 17, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to a release on Dec. 27th, from the Federal Register, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has increased the minimum annual percentage rate for random testing for truck drivers. In 2019 the annual rate for random testing was 25%, but as of Jan....
Jan 6, 2020 | Department of Transportation (DOT), Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The US Department of Transportation has its latest change coming into effect today, January 6th, 2020. As of today it will be required to report all violations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s drug and alcohol testing program through their online...
Nov 10, 2017 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Transportation (DOT) have extended the federal urine drug testing programme panel requirements to include the Schedule II opioid drugs hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone. This panel is...
Mar 31, 2017 | Department of Transportation (DOT)
Changes are Coming As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) January 23, 2017’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR), the standard Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) panel for drug testing may be changing this October...
