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 ...
Yahoo

DOT Finally Moves on Fentanyl Testing for Commercial Drivers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Transportation announced this week it wants to add fentanyl testing to its mandatory drug screening program for ...
JD Supra

U.S. Department of Transportation Adopts Oral Fluid Testing for Regulated Drug and Alcohol Programs

New DOT regulations cover oral fluids specimen testing for workplace drug and alcohol testing programs. The regulations affect drug and alcohol testing programs covering an estimated eight million ...
Marijuana Moment

Feds Should Consider ‘Relaxing’ Marijuana Drug Testing Rules For Transportation Workers, Congresswoman Says

A Democratic congresswoman is pushing the federal government to consider “relaxing” strict drug testing rules for ...
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.
Truckinginfo

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 ...
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 ...
Overdrive

Oral fluid drug testing approved by DOT

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday published a final rule that will allow oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs. The 227-page final rule will become ...
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 ...
Truckinginfo

Buttigieg: Marijuana Reclassification Should Not Affect DOT Drug Testing Rules

In a June 27 congressional hearing, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his agency believes that a recent Drug Enforcement Agency proposal to reschedule marijuana will not ...
Transport Topics

Federal Regulators Modify Some Drug Testing Requirements

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reaffirmed, and in some cases tweaked, the agency’s oral fluid and urine drug testing requirements for federal safety-sensitive government ...