Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance
The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 requires drug and alcohol testing of safety-sensitive transportation employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, pipelines, and other transportation industries. DOT publishes rules on who must conduct drug and alcohol tests, how to conduct those tests, and what procedures to use when testing. These regulations cover all transportation employers, safety-sensitive transportation employees, and service agents – roughly 10 million people. Encompassed in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 40, the Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance (ODAPC) publishes, implements, and provides authoritative interpretations of these rules.
Key Persons
- Employers
- Employees
- Urine Collectors
- Drug Testing Laboratories
- Medical Review Officers
- Breath Alcohol Technicians & Screening Test Technicians
- Substance Abuse Professionals
- Consortia / Third Party Administrators (coming soon)
- Industry Links
News
- 04/10-12/2011 – Bohdan Baczara, ODAPC Senior Policy Advisor, will be a guest speaker at the Federal Transit Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference in Miami, FL.
- 04/18-20/2012 – Patrice Kelly, ODAPC Deputy Director, will be a guest speaker at the DATIA annual conference in San Antonio, TX.
- 12/03/2011 – Cindy Ingrao, ODAPC Senior Policy Advisor will be a guest speaker at the ASAM Medical Review Officer Training in Washington, DC
- 10/05/2011 – Mark Snider, ODAPC Senior Policy Advisor will make a webinar presentation at the Pipeline Testing Consortia meeting in Wichita, Kansas.
- 09/25/2011 – Jim Swart, ODAPC Director will be a guest speaker at the SOFT Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA
- 07/18-20/2011 – Patrice Kelly, ODAPC Deputy Director will be a guest speaker at the SAPAA annual conference in Nashville, TN
- 06/04/2011 – Jim Swart, ODAPC Director will be a guest speaker at the ASAM Medical Review Officer Training in Chicago, IL
- 05/24-26/2011 – Patrice Kelly, ODAPC Deputy Director, was a guest speaker at the DATIA annual conference held this year in Miami, Florida.
- 09/27/2010 – DOT publishes an interim final rule authorizing employers to use the new Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form beginning October 1, 2010. The DOT also made a technical amendment to its drug testing procedures.
- 08/16/2010 – DOT publishes a final rule amending certain provisions of its drug testing procedures that affect the laboratories and Medical Review Officers
- 07/02/2010 – DOT publishes a final rule extending the mandatory use date on its recently updated Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) from.
- 05/11/2010 – ODAPC Publishes Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Alcohol Testing Form
- 04/30/2010 - HHS Guidelines Effective Date Changed to October 1, 2010
- 03/09/2010 - PHMSA Issues Stay of Enforcement: Drug and Alcohol Program Reporting
- 02/25/2010 - Today in the Federal Register, the DOT has published three Drug and Alcohol Program Final Rules
- 02/01/2010 - DOT Publishes NPRM
Regulations & Program Guidance
- 49 CFR Part 40 (Drug & Alcohol Regulation)
- Part 40 Questions & Answers
- DOT Agency / USCG Information & Regulations
- Part 40 Federal Register/Court Decisions/Legislation
- Program Guidance
- Employer Information
- Employee Information
- Am I Covered?
- ODAPC Medical Marijuana Notice
- Documents-on-Demand
- Public Interest Exclusions
Videos, Posters, Brochures
Videos
Posters
DOT’s 10 Steps to Collection Site Security and Integrity
Brochures
Contact Us
- Office of Drug & Alcohol
Policy & Compliance - Email:
W62-300
1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Tel: 202-366-3784
800-225-3784
Fax: 202-366-3897
Important Links
- Documents & Forms
- 2012 Random DOT Testing Rates
- Certified Laboratory List
- Approved Alcohol Screening Devices
- Approved Evidential Breath Testing Devices
- MIS Data Form & Instructions
- FAQs
- Ask Us A Question
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- SAMHSA/Division of Workplace Programs
- Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools