By Patrice Kelly, Senior Policy Executive Advisor, NDASA (on detail from the U.S. Department of Transportation) When you read a regulatory provision that does not make sense to you, you should pause and ask yourself if you are reading it correctly. You also should...
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DOT Issues Oral Fluid Specimen Collection Procedures Guidelines
The Oral Fluid Specimen Collection Procedures, together with the 49 CFR Part 40, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Operating Administration rules, provide collectors with the information needed in the performance of their collection duties Click here to view...
NDASA releases comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s recent proposal to allow electronic recordkeeping for regulated drug and alcohol testing
If you have not yet submitted your comments to ODAPC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to allow electronic record creation, signatures and storage under 49 CFR Part 40, please consider commenting by DECEMBER 16, 2024. NDASA's submitted comments are included below....
Breaking News: DOT issues update to Oral Fluid Final Rule, allowing collector training to begin December 5, 2024
NDASA is pleased to announce both the most recent DOT final rule addressing oral fluid collections and the beginning of oral fluid collector training - effective December 5, 2024! In today's Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office...
DOT Electronic CCF Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NDASA is pleased to announce a long-awaited and very welcomed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In the NPRM, published on Tuesday, October 15, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) and the Pipeline and...
DOT Withdraws Direct Final Rule in Response to Negative Feedback
NDASA is pleased to announce that our efforts have been successful in having the Department of Transportation (DOT) withdraw its direct final rule relating to 49 CFR Part 40, "Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs" which would have...
“They never trained me for this!” What to do if what happens during the collection is not in the regulations
By Patrice Kelly, Senior Policy Executive Adviser, NDASA, (on detail from the US Department of Transportation) The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) regulation, 49 CFR Part 40 (Part 40), and most collector training courses are written to address what...
Make Your Voice Heard: Submit comments to DOT by April 5
UPDATED WITH NEW DEADLINE The public comment period for the Federal Aviation Administration's Foreign Repair Station Notice of Proposed Rulemaking closes on April 5, 2024. (This is an extension from the initial deadline of 2.5.24). Have you shared your thoughts with...
What happens when a DOT employee has a testing violation recorded in the FMCSA Clearinghouse and then changes modes?
|By David Perlman, BA, NCAC II, SUDP, EAPIt is not uncommon for an individual to make a career change to another DOT mode of transportation. Transit operators may become truck drivers, merchant mariners may become railroad operators. Also, some employees hold dual...
Part 40 myths and urban legends: Misconceptions about DOT’s Oral Fluid Final Rule – Part 2
By Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Senior Policy Executive Advisor National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association This is the second in a series of articles I am writing to dispel the “myths and urban legends” surrounding the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and...