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DOT Rule Allows Oral-Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs

It’s been a long time in the works, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has published a final rule that amends the federal regulated industry drug-testing program to include oral fluid specimen ...
Transport Topics

DOT Proposes Adding Oral Fluid Specimen for Driver Drug Testing

The Department of Transportation is proposing to add new drug testing guidelines that would permit motor carriers to test truck drivers using oral fluid samples as an alternative to urine testing.
Yahoo

DOT takes heat for drug testing certification delays

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOT, HHS urged to get labs certified for oral-fluid testing. (Photo: John Gallagher/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Drug testing ...
Fleet Owner

DOT finalizes oral fluid drug-testing rule

More than a year after it first proposed a rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Transportation on May 2 released a final rule officially sanctioning oral-fluid testing as a method for screening ...
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 ...
CCJ

DOT amends oral fluid drug testing procedures

The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising its drug and alcohol testing procedures that were finalized in May 2023 that authorized oral fluid drug testing as an additional methodology for ...
Fleet Owner

DOT drug testing: Reducing problems at collection sites

Undercover Investigations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) at collections sites for US Department of Transportation (DOT)-certified drug and alcohol test collection sites have found ...
CCJ

DOT proposes change to drug-testing rules

The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing to revise its drug testing procedures rule, which became effective on June 1, 2023, to provide interim provisions to require employers to conduct ...
WHNT

National Drug Screening, Inc. Among First in the Nation to Offer DOT-Compliant Oral Fluid Specimen Collector Training

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 ...
JD Supra

U.S. Department of Transportation Allows Oral Fluid Drug Testing

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published new regulations in the Federal Register on May 2, 2023 that will allow covered employers to use oral fluid testing for drugs. While the new rules ...
Yahoo

DOT Finally Moves on Fentanyl Testing for Commercial Drivers

The Department of Transportation announced this week it wants to add fentanyl testing to its mandatory drug screening program for commercial drivers, marking the first major expansion of federal drug ...