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This form provides authorization to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to publish hearing or seizure exemption information in a public docket. FMCSA. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. .fmcsa.dot.gov. AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION.

DOT Regulated Employer Testing Requirements The DOT requires transportation companies to implement a drug and alcohol testing program for all employees in safety-sensitive positions. Depending on the specific industry, additional regulations covering testing programs and procedures are made by agencies under the DOT.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) rule, 49 CFR Part 40, describes required procedures for conducting workplace drug and alcohol testing for the Federally regulated transportation industry.

§ 40.25 Must an employer check on the drug and alcohol testing record of employees it is intending to use to perform safety-sensitive duties? (a) Yes, as an employer, you must, after obtaining an employee's written consent, request the information about the employee listed in paragraph (b) of this section.

The DOT defines a safety-sensitive worker as someone who holds a job that can impact both their own safety and the safety of the public. Some of these safety-sensitive duties include operating a train or ferry, working on pipelines, working on a flight crew, or fixing an airplane.

Employment history verification involves contacting each workplace listed in a candidate's resume to confirm that the applicant was in fact employed there, to check what the applicant's job title(s) were during their work tenure, and the dates of the applicant's employment there.

ANSWER: If the applicant admits that he or she had a positive or a refusal to test result on a pre-employment test, the employer is not permitted to use the applicant to perform safety-sensitive duties until and unless the applicant documents successful completion of the return-to-duty process.

DOT Drug Testing: Part 40 - Employee Notice This is a reminder that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) drug testing program will soon require testing for four semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., , , , ).