For 30+ years DOT regulated employers have been required to conduct drug testing using only urine specimens, but Oral fluid drug testing will soon be available. DOT Oral Fluid Drug Testing is soon to ...

Before you can become a commercial truck driver, you must take federal drug and alcohol tests. “Any impaired driving via alcohol, marijuana or any other sources of impairment is, of course, a major ...

In an effort to enhance the effectiveness of pre-employment and random drug testing for holders of a commercial driver’s license (CDL), among other industries, the Department of Transportation (DOT) ...

DOT-regulated employers will be required to test for the opioids hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone starting on Jan. 1, 2018. A final rule published Nov. 13 by the U.S. Department ...

DOT first proposed adding the drug tests for the four drugs in January. There were 52 comments addressing the addition of the specified semi-synthetic opioids to the DOT testing panel. Of those ...

WASHINGTON — Drug testing facilities that have invested in oral-fluid-based testing for motor carriers, airlines, railroads and pipeline operators are pushing back on a proposal by the U.S. Department ...

The DOT's proposed rule would add fentanyl and norfentanyl to drug testing panels for safety-critical roles such as CMV drivers, with detection thresholds as low as 1 ng/mL in urine. The fentanyl ...

This story appears in the Nov. 12 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. WASHINGTON — Federal investigators told Congress that the Department of Transportation’s drug- and ...

Today the U.S. Department of Transportation published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register in which it proposes to amend its drug testing program regulation to add four synthetic ...

As cannabis laws change in the US and more states legalize recreational marijuana use, an increasing number of employers are asking, should we change the way we drug test? Some companies are ...

DOT background checks are mandatory for commercial drivers and include driving record reviews, drug/alcohol testing, ...