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AlcoPro – How Can We Help You?
Harm Reduction Programs: Why Test for Fentanyl?
Will the Opioid Bill Make a Difference?
Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Incarceration for Relapsed Addicts.
Biological Markers: Not Just for Drug Testing!
U.S. Coast Guard and DOT: Is they is, or is they ain’t…?
What Are DOT Violations for Alcohol Testing?
What Are DOT Part 40 Questions and Answers?
What Can Interfere With A Breath Alcohol Test?
Shy Bladder Versus Shy Lung: Who Decides?
What Information Must The DER Supply?
What Is A Dilute Specimen?
Why Perform an Alcohol Test Before a Drug Test?
Testing Challenges for Marijuana Breathalyzers: The New Frontier?
Why Isn’t There A “Re-Certification” Box As A Reason To Test On The Federal CCF Form”?
What’s Up with Powdered Alcohol?
Alco-Sensor VXL: Which Version is Right for You?
What if… Air Blank is Not Zero?
My Alcohol Tester Doesn’t Work!
Insufficient Breath – What to do?
Which Gas is Right for You?
Direct Observation Collections All Around?
Non-Regulated Testing: What To Do?
Insufficient Specimen or Temperature Out of Range?
BAT Training and STT Training – What’s the Difference?
49 CFR Part 40 and DOT Agency Regulations – What’s the Difference?
Bath Salts: What do we really know?
Tech Room Tip: It’s the Battery!
AlcoPro’s New Website – At Last!
How Long Between Alcohol Screening and Confirmation Test?
Are Your Staff’s Training Certifications Up-To-Date?
If the breath testing instruments are so simple to use, why does BAT training take all day?
Will eating food with poppy seeds create a false positive drug test for opiates?
What is a “Passive” Alcohol Test?
What’s the difference between Calibration and Accuracy Check?
How do I interpret alcohol test results? Is this number high, medium, or low?
How does the sweat patch drug test system work?
How Long After Drinking Alcohol Can It Be Detected With A Breath Alcohol Test?
What is the window of detection for drugs in urine, saliva, sweat, and hair?
Alcohol Testing – Will It Hold Up in Court?
What Does CLIA Waived Mean?
Breath Alcohol Technician or Breath Alcohol Test Operator?
With a Focus on Market Growth Opportunities, AlcoPro Announces Pending Purchase of Kahntact USA.
Will albuterol inhalers cause a positive breath alcohol test?
Is the United States Coast Guard (USCG) a DOT Agency with respect to the DOT’s drug and alcohol testing regulation, 49 CFR Part 40?
Will an instant drug test show the amount of drugs in a person's system?
When doing a DOT specimen collection when is it appropriate to check the “Other” box for reasons for test on the Federal CCF form?
Does a simulator meet Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements to do accuracy checks and calibration adjustments on an evidential breath tester?
Does AlcoPro offer any products on a GSA Schedule?
Do you have to remove your hat for a Drug Test?
Shy Bladder - May employee drink liquids brought with?
May union rep be present for drug test?
Are the Alco-Sensor's Clia Waived?
Is a drug test that is done in conjunction with a physical to renew a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) considered a DOT test or a Non-DOT test?
If an employee requests his/her records from the MRO, do these records include the MRO’s notes and comments or only copies of the CCF and laboratory result?
May an employer conduct follow-up testing under company authority that goes beyond the follow-up testing which the SAP determines necessary?
Is error correction training required if an alcohol test is cancelled due to equipment failure?
Is an employer considered to be in compliance with Part 40 if EBTs are not available within 30 minutes of an alcohol screening test location?
Do the five days within which an employee is given to obtain a medical evaluation after providing an insufficient amount of urine or breath include holidays and weekends, or does this refer to five business days?
Can the MRO require an employee’s split specimen test request to be in writing rather than verbal?
Can a split specimen be sent to a second laboratory that is under the same corporate title as the primary laboratory?
Can someone other than the employee direct that an MRO have the employee’s split specimen tested?
May the MRO report an “interim” or “preliminary” test result to the employer (or C/TPA) while awaiting receipt of the MRO copy and/or the laboratory result?
Is it appropriate for the MRO to attempt to contact the employee after normal office hours?
Must a certifying scientist’s signature be on Copy 1 of the CCF if the drug test result is negative?
If the primary laboratory must redesignate bottle B for bottle A, can the laboratory test the specimen if only 15 mL of urine is present in the redesignated bottle A?
What actual address is required for “Collection Site Address” in Step 1 of the CCF, and what telephone number should the collector provide?
Where can billing information be entered onto the Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF)?
Is error correction training required if a drug test is cancelled due to a specimen having an insufficient amount of urine?
Because Part 40 requires collectors, MROs, BATs and STTs, and SAPs to maintain their own training records, can employers or training entities refuse to provide these service agents their training records?
When an employee leaves an employer for a period of time (but not exceeding two years) and returns must the employer once again seek to obtain information it may have received previously from other employers?
If an applicant admits to testing positive within the past two years, must the applicant be held out of safety-sensitive duties if he or she did not complete the return-to-duty process?
May the previous employer delay sending an employee’s drug and alcohol testing information to the gaining employer pending payment for the cost of the information?
What must an MRO do when he or she determines that there is no split laboratory capable of testing the adulterant identified by the primary laboratory after the employee has asked for the split to be tested?
Will FMCSA- and FAA-regulated employers complying with the drug and alcohol information records check be considered compliant with 40.25?
Do the DOT Part 40 Questions and Answers provide official regulatory guidance?
Can a collector mark through pre-printed employer, MRO, collection site, and/or laboratory information on the CCF if that information is not accurate for a particular collection?
Is a Medical Review Officer (MRO) permitted to accept an employee’s prescription for medication obtained over the Internet?
If an employee fails to provide a sufficient amount of urine during an observed collection, can an employer remove the employee from performing safety-sensitive functions pending receipt of the verified result from the Medical Review Officer (MRO)?
Are employers and their service agents in the Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol testing program required to obtain employee written authorizations in order to disclose drug and alcohol testing information?
In addition to information needed for billing purposes, does DOT authorize other information to be included outside the boundaries of the Alcohol Testing Form (ATF)?
Must a test result be cancelled by the MRO when it is discovered the employee did not have a full three hours to provide a sufficient amount of urine?
Are there any circumstances for which an employee should be given more than 3 hours and 40 ounces of fluids to provide a sufficient amount of urine during a collection?
During periods of hot weather, how may Medical Review Officers (MROs) handle laboratory results reported as invalid because of pH greater than or equal to 9.0 but less than or equal to 9.5?
How does the Department’s Public Interest Exclusion (PIE) process work when a service agent has been convicted for an offense related to non-compliance with Part 40 or DOT Agency drug and alcohol testing rules?
What are the requirements to re-certify as a BAT Instructor?
Can I order on-line for shipping outside the USA?
What is the legal status of products containing JWH-018 and JWH-073?
What herbal incense brand names are being used?
What are the effects of using synthetic cannabinoids like JWH-018, JWH-073, JWH-250 and others?
How are synthetic cannabinoids being used?
May an employer conduct pre-employment alcohol testing?
§ 40.411 What is the role of the DOT Inspector General's office?
§ 40.409 What does the issuance of a PIE mean to transportation employers?
§ 40.407 May a service agent ask to have a PIE reduced or terminated?
§ 40.403 Must a service agent notify its clients when the Department issues a PIE?
§ 40.401 How does the Department notify employers and the public about a PIE?
§ 40.399 How does the Department notify service agents of its decision?
§ 40.397 When does the Director make a PIE decision?
§ 40.395 Can you settle a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.393 How long does a PIE stay in effect?
§ 40.389 What factors may the Director consider?
§ 40.383 What procedures apply if you contest the issuance of a PIE?
§ 40.381 What information do you present to contest the proposed issuance of a PIE?
§ 40.379 How do you contest the issuance of a PIE?
§ 40.377 Who decides whether to issue a PIE?
§ 40.375 How does the initiating official start a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.373 Before starting a PIE proceeding, does the initiating official give the service agent an opportunity to correct problems?
§ 40.371 On what information does an initiating official rely in deciding whether to start a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.369 What is the discretion of an initiating official in starting a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.367 Who initiates a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.365 What is the Department's policy concerning starting a PIE proceeding?
§ 40.363 On what basis may the Department issue a PIE?
§ 40.361 What is the purpose of a public interest exclusion (PIE)?
§ 40.355 What limitations apply to the activities of service agents?
§ 40.353 What principles govern the interaction between MROs and other service agents?
§ 40.351 What confidentiality requirements apply to service agents?
§ 40.349 What records may a service agent receive and maintain?
§ 40.347 What functions may C/TPAs perform with respect to administering testing?
§ 40.343 What tasks may a service agent perform for an employer?
§ 40.341 Must service agents comply with DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements?
§ 40.333 What drug-testing records must employers keep?
§ 40.329 What information must laboratories, MROs, and other service agents release to employees?
§ 40.327 When must the MRO report medical information gathered in the verification process?
§ 40.323 May program participants release drug or alcohol test information in connection with legal proceedings?
§ 40.321 What is the general confidentiality rule for drug and alcohol test information?
§ 40.313 Where is other information on SAP functions and the return-to-duty process found in this regulation?
§ 40.311 What are the requirements concerning SAP reports?
§ 40.309 What are the employer's responsibilities with respect to the SAP's directions for follow-up tests?
§ 40.307 What is the SAP's function in prescribing the employee's follow-up tests?
§ 40.305 How does the return-to-duty process conclude?
§ 40.301 What is the SAP's function in the follow-up evaluation of an employee?
§ 40.299 What is the SAP's role and what are the limits on a SAP's discretion in referring employees for education and treatment?
§ 40.297 Does anyone have the authority to change a SAP's initial evaluation?
§ 40.295 May employees or employers seek a second SAP evaluation if they disagree with the first SAP's recommendations?
§ 40.293 What is the SAP's function in conducting the initial evaluation of an employee?
§ 40.291 What is the role of the SAP in the evaluation, referral, and treatment process of an employee who has violated DOT agency drug and alcohol testing regulations?
§ 40.289 Are employers required to provide SAP and treatment services to employees?
§ 40.287 What information is an employer required to provide concerning SAP services to an employee who has a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation?
§ 40.285 When is a SAP evaluation required?
§ 40.283 How does a certification organization obtain recognition for its members as SAPs?
§ 40.281 Who is qualified to act as a SAP?
§ 40.273 What is the effect of a cancelled alcohol test?
§ 40.271 How are alcohol testing problems corrected?
§ 40.269 What problems cause an alcohol test to be cancelled unless they are corrected?
§ 40.267 What problems always cause an alcohol test to be cancelled?
§ 40.265 What happens when an employee is unable to provide a sufficient amount of breath for an alcohol test?
§ 40.263 What happens when an employee is unable to provide a sufficient amount of saliva for an alcohol screening test?
§ 40.255 What happens next after the alcohol confirmation test result?
§ 40.253 What are the procedures for conducting an alcohol confirmation test?
§ 40.251 What are the first steps in an alcohol confirmation test?
§ 40.247 What procedures does the BAT or STT follow after a screening test result?
§ 40.261 What are the consequences for refusing to take an alcohol test?
§ 40.243 What is the procedure for an alcohol screening test using an EBT or non-evidential breath ASD?
§ 40.241 What are the first steps in any alcohol screening test?
§ 40.235 What are the requirements for proper use and care of ASDs?
§ 40.233 What are the requirements for proper use and care of EBTs?
§ 40.231 What devices are used to conduct alcohol confirmation tests?
§ 40.229 What devices are used to conduct alcohol screening tests?
§ 40.225 What form is used for an alcohol test?
§ 40.223 What steps must be taken to protect the security of alcohol testing sites?
§ 40.217 Where is other information on the role of STTs and BATs found in this regulation?
§ 40.215 What information about the DER do employers have to provide to BATs and STTs?
§ 40.209 What procedural problems do not result in the cancellation of a test and do not require corrective action?
§ 40.207 What is the effect of a cancelled drug test?
§ 40.205 How are drug test problems corrected?
§ 40.203 What problems cause a drug test to be cancelled unless they are corrected?
§ 40.201 What problems always cause a drug test to be cancelled and may result in a requirement for another collection?
§ 40.199 What problems always cause a drug test to be cancelled?
§ 40.197 What happens when an employer receives a report of a dilute specimen?
§ 40.195 What happens when an individual is unable to provide a sufficient amount of urine for a pre-employment follow-up or return-to-duty test because of a permanent or long-term medical condition?
§ 40.193 What happens when an employee does not provide a sufficient amount of urine for a drug test?
§ 40.191 What are the consequences for refusing to take a DOT drug test?
§ 40.189 Where is other information concerning split specimens found in this regulation?
§ 40.185 Through what methods and to whom must a laboratory report split specimen results?
§ 40.183 What information do laboratories report to MROs regarding split specimen results?
§ 40.181 What does the second laboratory do with the split specimen when it is tested to reconfirm a substituted test result?
§ 40.179 What does the second laboratory do with the split specimen when it is tested to reconfirm an adulterated test result?
§ 40.177 What does the second laboratory do with the split specimen when it is tested to reconfirm the presence of a drug or drug metabolite?
§ 40.175 What steps does the first laboratory take with a split specimen?
§ 40.173 Who is responsible for paying for the test of a split specimen?
§ 40.171 How does an employee request a test of a split specimen?
§ 40.167 How are MRO reports of drug results transmitted to the employer?
§ 40.165 To whom does the MRO transmit reports of drug test results?
§ 40.163 How does the MRO report drug test results?
§ 40.161 What does the MRO do when a drug test specimen is rejected for testing?
§ 40.159 What does the MRO do when a drug test result is invalid?
§ 40.155 What does the MRO do when a negative or positive test result is also dilute?
§ 40.153 How does the MRO notify employees of their right to a test of the split specimen?
§ 40.149 May the MRO change a verified positive drug test result or refusal to test?
§ 40.145 On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving adulteration or substitution?
§ 40.141 How does the MRO obtain information for the verification decision?
§ 40.137 On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, or PCP?
§ 40.135 What does the MRO tell the employee at the beginning of the verification interview?
§ 40.133 Under what circumstances may the MRO verify a test as positive, or as a refusal to test because of adulteration or substitution, without interviewing the employee?
§ 40.131 How does the MRO or DER notify an employee of the verification process after a confirmed positive, adulterated, substituted, or invalid test result?
§ 40.129 What are the MRO's functions in reviewing laboratory confirmed positive, adulterated, substituted, or invalid drug test results?
§ 40.127 What are the MRO's functions in reviewing negative test results?
§ 40.125 What relationship may an MRO have with a laboratory?
§ 40.123 What are the MRO's responsibilities in the DOT drug testing program?
§ 40.121 Who is qualified to act as an MRO?
§ 40.107 Who may inspect drug-testing laboratories?
§ 40.99 How long does the laboratory retain specimens after drug-testing?
§ 40.95 What criteria do laboratories use to establish that a specimen is adulterated?
§ 40.87 What are the cutoff concentrations for initial and confirmation tests?
Will exposure to passive marijuana smoke result in a positive marijuana test?
§ 40.73 How is the collection process completed?
§ 40.67 When and how is a directly observed collection conducted?
§ 40.65 What does the collector check for when the employee presents a specimen?
§ 40.63 What steps does the collector take in the collection process before the employee provides a urine specimen?
§ 40.49 What materials are used to collect urine specimens?
§ 40.47 May employers use the CCF for non-Federal collections or non-Federal forms for DOT collections?
How long can drugs and alcohol be detected in urine?
§ 40.45 What form is used to document a DOT urine collection?
§ 40.43 What steps must operators of collection sites take to protect the security and integrity of urine collections?
§ 40.41 Where does a urine collection for a DOT drug test take place?
§ 40.37 Where is other information on the role of collectors found in this regulation?
§ 40.35 What information about the DER must employers provide to collectors?
§ 40.33 What training requirements must a DOT drug testing collector meet?
§ 40.31 Who may collect urine specimens for DOT drug testing?
§ 40.29 Where is other information on employer responsibilities found in this regulation?
§ 40.27 May an employer require an employee to sign a consent or release in connection with the DOT drug and alcohol testing program?
§ 40.26 What form must an employer use to report Management Information System (MIS) data to a DOT agency?
§ 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?
§ 40.23 What actions do employers take after receiving verified test results?
§ 40.21 May an employer stand down an employee before the MRO has completed the verification process?
§ 40.15 May an employer use a service agent to meet DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements?
§ 40.11 What are the general responsibilities of employers under this regulation?
§ 40.7 How can you get an exemption from a requirement in this regulation?
§ 40.5 Who issues authoritative interpretations of this regulation?
§ 40.1 Who does this regulation cover?
What is an alcohol screening test?
What is an Alcohol Screening Device?
What is an alcohol confirmation test?
What does a breath alcohol test measure?
What is Residual Mouth Alcohol?
What is a “negative” test for DOT alcohol testing?
What is a “positive” test for DOT alcohol testing?
What types of alcohol sensing technology do evidential breath testers use?
How are breath alcohol test results expressed?
Must a BAT or STT receive refresher training?
How long does mouth alcohol last?
Who may perform a DOT alcohol test?
Does a passive alcohol test measure how intoxicated a person is?
Is there a difference in performing a passive test and a direct breath alcohol test?
What is a "passive" alcohol test?
Is it legal to test employees for drugs and alcohol?
What is an evidential breath alcohol test? Do we need to use the same kind of breath alcohol tester that our local police department uses in order for test results to hold up in court?
Should a client be discharged for a breath test result of .008% BAC?
Can an employee be fired for refusing to take an alcohol test at work?
Are there ways to fool a drug test or breath alcohol test?
Will mouthwash interfere with the results of a breath alcohol test?
How long after drinking alcohol can we detect it with a breath alcohol tester?
What unit of measurement is used to measure breath alcohol concentration?
What is an air blank?

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