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...
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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...
Part 40 Myths and Urban Legends: Misconceptions about DOT’s Oral Fluid Final Rule
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...
Internationally Recognized Department of Transportation drug and alcohol policy expert, Patrice Kelly, to join NDASA executive staff
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....
Make your voices heard! Comment on proposed amendment to DOT record-keeping regulations
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...
NDASA’s response to proposed guidelines for Oral Fluid Testing and other changes to 49 CFR Part 40
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...
Oral Fluid Testing: Soon, but not yet
Since the new 2020 U.S. Department of Transportation Custody and Control Form became available in September, one tiny addition has created a tremendous amount of confusion among employers, specimen collectors and others involved in DOT-mandated drug screening. The...
NDASA wins one for public safety
The National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association has had a major win today with language added to the MORE ACT that allows continued marijuana drug testing for DOT safety-sensitive workers! The MORE Act is an attempt to remove marijuana from the list of federally...