IS MY ORGANIZATION REQUIRED TO DRUG
TEST?  

    If you are considered DOT. You MUST follow the rules and regulations set forth by the US Department of
    Transportation. [USDOT]

    Answer these few test questions to see if you fall under DOT guidelines:

  • Do you drive or manage vehicles with a gross weight of 26,001 pounds or more
  • Do you drive or manage vehicles which is designed to carry 16 or more passengers including the driver
  • Do you drive or manage vehicles of any size and weight that is used to transport hazardous materials
  • Do you manage bus drivers?
  • Do you manage a pipeline company?
  • Are you a municipality and receive government funds?
  • Do you mange a Transit service for a county?
  • Do you manage FAA employees?

    If you answered YES to one or more, then this information will help you to understand WHY.


    After several significant transportation accidents, Congress passed the Omnibus transportation Employee
    Testing Act of 1991, because they recognized the safety need for ensuring drug- and alcohol-free
    transportation employees. The "Act" required DOT
    Agencies to implement drug testing of safety-sensitive transportation employees in the aviation, trucking
    (including school bus drivers, and certain limousine and van drivers), railroads, mass transit, and pipelines
    industries. In 1994, DOT added alcohol testing
    requirements to its regulations.

                                  2010  Guidelines for Drug Testing:

       
    Industry:                   DRUG REQUIREMENTS       Alcohol Requirements
    Federal Motor Carrier                50%                                       10%
    Safety Administration
    {FMCSA}  

    Federal Aviation                         25%                                       10%
    Administration
    [FAA]

    Federal Transit                          25%                                       10%
    Administration
    [FTA]

    Pipeline & Hazardous                 25%                                        N/A
    Materials Safety Administration
    [PHMSA]

    Federal Railroad                        25%                                        10%
    Administration
    [FRA]

    United States Coast Guard        50%                                         N/A
    [USCG] (now with the Department of Homeland Security)

    FYI: Employers subject to more than one DOT Agency drug and alcohol testing rule may continue to
    combine covered employees into a single random selection pool. However, companies doing so must test at
    or above the highest minimum annual random testing
    rates established by the DOT Agencies under whose jurisdiction they fall. For example, an employer having
    both FMCSA- and FRA-covered employees in one pool must test, as a minimum rate, 50% for drugs and 10%
    for alcohol. Contact the appropriate DOT Agency for additional clarification.