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Pushback on allowing carriers to drug test drivers via hair sample prompts FMCSA to re-open comments

Granting requests made by driver trade unions, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has re-opened the public comment period for a request made by some of the country’s largest carriers to allow them to drug test driver applicants via hair sample instead of a urine sample. FMCSA currently only accepts results from urine sample testing.

February 24, 2017

DOT wants to start testing truckers for oxycodone, hydrocodone and other opioids

The Department of Transportation this week proposed adding four commonly abused opioids to the list of drugs that drivers must be screened for in urine analysis tests.

January 27, 2017

The four opioids the DOT will add to its drug testing panel are taken as pain pills.

Transportation unions look to delay carriers’ driver drug testing request

The Transportation Trades Department, part of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), has requested an extra 60 days to comment on the request beyond the current Feb. 21 deadline.

January 26, 2017

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is petitioning the FMCSA for an extension of the comment period for a request made by several large carriers to allow drug testing by hair instead of urine.

POLL: Should hair testing be allowed in lieu of urine-based drug tests?

With some larger carriers pushing the federal government to allow hair-sample testing as a substitute for required urine testing of drivers, what’s your view on the practice? Should it be allowed, or not?

January 24, 2017

When enforcement is well necessary — a note from Rich Wilson

Wilson’s letter follows news of a box-truck owner-operator shut down after a fatality crash. Also: Do owner-operator hotshot truckers (at 10,001-26,000 lbs.) need to join a random drug/alcohol testing consortium? Depends on the CDL status and desires …

January 21, 2017

Delaware-based Richard Wilson. Find him via the website of his independent TCRG Consulting business.

Big carriers again push FMCSA to allow hair sample drug tests

Some of the country’s largest carriers have joined to file a request with the U.S. DOT to allow them to drug test drivers exclusively via hair sample, in lieu of the traditional and federally required urine sample test.

January 18, 2017

DOT soliciting drug test results from random carriers

The random selection is part of FMCSA’s annual Drug and Alcohol Information Survey. The results of the survey are used to determine random drug testing rates for the next year.

January 17, 2017

Random carriers are being selected by FMCSA to participate in the agency’s annual Drug and Alcohol Information Survey.

Rule to build database of truckers who have failed drug tests set for publication

The CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse final rule, which would establish a database of CDL holders who have failed or refused to take a drug test, will soon be published after the rule cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget on Monday, Oct. 31.

November 2, 2016

Owner-operators would be required to report to FMCSA the consortium or third-party drug test administrator it uses and authorize it to submit information on any of its drivers, including themselves, to the database.

Trucking rap sheet: Drug tester debarred, CDL scheme update

The owner of a Texas drug testing company was debarred by the FMCSA for three years, and a Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with a CDL testing scheme.

August 23, 2016

Michigan set to begin roadside drug testing pilot program

Troopers that have gone through the training to become certified drug recognition experts could conduct the test at roadside by swabbing the saliva of a driver.

July 20, 2016

DOT advances rule to build database of truckers who have failed drug tests

FMCSA says the rule is intended to make sure drivers who have tested positive or refused a test have completed the DOT’s return-to-duty process before driving commercially again, and to make sure employers are meeting their drug and alcohol testing responsibilities.

May 23, 2016

The Final Rule For The Cdl Drug And Alcohol Clearinghouse Is Set To Be Sent To The Omb On May 18

ProSight’s new drug-testing program

Developed in partnership with the Foley Carrier Services DOT compliance and employer-assist firm, the new program claims to go above and beyond by detecting patterns of pharmaceutical drug abuse, among other things.

April 22, 2016

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