WHNT

National Drug Screening, Inc. Among First in the Nation to Offer DOT-Compliant Oral Fluid Specimen Collector Training

For 30+ years DOT regulated employers have been required to conduct drug testing using only urine specimens, but Oral fluid drug testing will soon be available. DOT Oral Fluid Drug Testing is soon to ...
Fleet Owner

The state of alternative drug testing in trucking

With more than 230,000 positive drug tests since 2020, how the trucking industry detects drivers’ drug use is an important topic. Currently, Department of Transportation drug testing relies entirely ...
CCJ

DOT amends oral fluid drug testing procedures

The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising its drug and alcohol testing procedures that were finalized in May 2023 that authorized oral fluid drug testing as an additional methodology for ...
Fleet Owner

DOT proposes adding fentanyl to truck driver drug testing rules

The DOT's proposed rule would add fentanyl and norfentanyl to drug testing panels for safety-critical roles such as CMV drivers, with detection thresholds as low as 1 ng/mL in urine. The fentanyl ...
JD Supra

DOT Issues Final Rule: Revised Procedures for Workplace Oral Drug Testing

In June 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a final rule with revised procedures for workplace drug and alcohol testing using oral fluid. The revisions detail technical changes ...
Transport Topics

DOT’s Oral Fluid Testing Stalls Due to Lack of Labs, Testers

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing of truck drivers using oral fluid collections was approved more than a year ago, but a ...
JD Supra

DOT Proposes Significant Amendments to Drug & Alcohol Testing, Adding Fentanyl and Norfentanyl

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) recently proposed significant amendments to its drug and alcohol testing regulations that include adding fentanyl and its metabolite, norfentanyl, to the drug ...
Overdrive

Will this deadly drug be added to truckers' drug-testing panel?

The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing to amend its drug testing regulations to add fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and norfentanyl (a metabolite of fentanyl) to its drug testing panels. The ...
CCJ

DOT proposes adding fentanyl to drug-testing panels for truck drivers, other transportation workers

The American Transportation Research Institute has launched its 2025 Top Industry Issues Survey, which asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry, along ...
Truckinginfo

Buttigieg: Marijuana Reclassification Should Not Affect DOT Drug Testing Rules

In a June 27 congressional hearing, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his agency believes that a recent Drug Enforcement Agency proposal to reschedule marijuana will not ...
Action News Jax

DOT: Marijuana screening policies shouldn’t change amid federal drug rescheduling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Before you can become a commercial truck driver, you must take federal drug and alcohol tests. “Any impaired driving via alcohol, marijuana, or any other sources of impairment is, ...