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...
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...
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...
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...
|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...
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...
By Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Senior Policy Executive Advisor National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association This is the first 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...
The National Drug and Alcohol Testing Association is thrilled to announce that Patrice Kelly, a leader in the development of drug and alcohol testing policy and the longest-serving director of the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) at the U.S....
The U.S. Department of Transportation is requesting public comment regarding electronic signatures, forms and storage for drug and alcohol testing records. The DOT is seeking your opinion about potentially changing regulatory language "to allow electronic signatures...
In its role as the voice for the drug and alcohol testing industry, one of the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association’s priorities is to provide input representing members’ interests concerning drug and alcohol testing regulations. On April 20, NDASA...