How to Submit Your Required MIS DATA Collection Form

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Employers (including owner-operators) subject to U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) or Coast Guard (USCG) drug and alcohol testing regulations must submit their annual drug and alcohol testing data as required by their respective DOT agency (Federal Moto Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for over-the-road truckers) or the USCG (for port truckers). Read more

New Anti-Drinking Drugs Coming On-line?

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So this trucker walks into a bar…in a hospital

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a fake bar to test the safety and effectiveness of new drugs coming to the market designed to help with the national alcoholism epidemic.

There is no real booze in the bar, but there are clear and brown colored water filling the bottles on the back shelves. The real alcohol is locked away but is close enough for the extra temptation of smell, to permeate the room. Read more

Random Drug Testing of Truck Drivers Will Stay at the 50% – Rate

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POLICY CHANGE: AADT has changed the policy when adding a driver at the end of a company’s renewal period. Instead of the $30 for CD’s or $20 for DF the last 30 days of a company’s enrollment it has changed to the special rate for the last 60 days of a company’s enrollment.

Random drug testing rates for trucking company employees and owner-operators in safety sensitive positions regulated by federal and states law will continue at 50-percent in the coming year, the FMCSA announced December 31. Read more