Yahoo

DOT takes heat for drug testing certification delays

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 ...
EHS Today

DOT Seeks to Add Fentanyl to Drug Tests

The DOT's proposed rule would add fentanyl and norfentanyl to mandatory drug testing panels for transportation workers under ...
Transport Topics

DOT to Add Four Opioids for Transportation Worker Drug Testing

“Since we already have opiates in the DOT-regulated drug testing panels, adding semi-synthetic opioids to the panel is not a radical change for these highly trained medical doctors and doctors of ...
Fleet Owner

DOT to remove oral drug testing requirement as 'factual impossibility'

The Department of Transportation is revising a requirement that it calls an “inadvertent factual impossibility” from its drug testing procedures. A provision from DOT’s 2023 oral fluid drug testing ...
Transport Topics

DOT’s Oral Fluid Testing Stalls Due to Lack of Labs, Testers

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing of truck drivers using oral fluid collections was approved more than a year ago, but a ...
JD Supra

DOT Issues Final Rule: Revised Procedures for Workplace Oral Drug Testing

In June 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a final rule with revised procedures for workplace drug and alcohol testing using oral fluid. The revisions detail technical changes ...
CCJ

Crime report: Drug busts, CDL testing schemes, fraudulent med examiners

Action in five trucking-related crimes – including drug busts, CDL schemes and DOT medical exam fraud – has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General; ...
Truckinginfo

DOT Issues Guidance on Drug and Alcohol Testing During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Department of Transportation has issued guidance on drug and alcohol testing for federally regulated transportation workers, as fleets and commercial drivers may face challenges complying with ...
Overdrive

Buttigieg: Marijuana rescheduling won’t impact DOT drug testing | Fleet owner convicted of lying to FMCSA

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure hearing Thursday that the Department of Justice’s proposal to move marijuana from a Schedule I ...
Fleet Owner

Report reveals flaws in DOT’s drug and alcohol testing program

According to the report, drug use among transportation workers has significantly increased since 2006. A report released on Feb. 8 shows there are “significant gaps” in the U.S. Department of ...
CCJ

Online solution addresses DOT drug/alcohol testing recordkeeping errors

Comp Care Partners, an administrator of occupational medical testing services for the trucking industry, has introduced CCP Connect, an online recordkeeping platform designed to improve the accuracy ...
Overdrive

Trucking rap sheet: CDL schemes, drug testing fraud, fuel tax fraud, more

Action in six trucking-related crimes has recently been reported by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General and the Texas Comptroller: Two California DMV employees plead guilty ...