Employees who have violated Department of Transportation (DOT) drug and alcohol regulations cannot perform any DOT safety-sensitive duties for any employer until a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) completes an assessment, evaluation, referral, and education/treatment process plan.

 

A verified positive DOT drug test result, a DOT alcohol test with a result indicating an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater, a refusal to test (including by adulterating or substituting a urine specimen), or any other violation of the prohibition on the use of alcohol or drugs under a DOT agency regulation constitutes a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation. 

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Before requesting a SAP assessment, it is important to understand the policies of the company that you work for, your responsibilities, and the DOT requirements that the process entails.

• The SAPs priority is the public's safety.

• When a SAP conducts a clinical follow-up evaluation and determines that you have complied with the recommendations, a report of compliance is sent directly to your employer.

• Your employer then can decide whether to arrange for you to take a return-to-duty test. (Depending on your employer’s written policy, your employer may also decide to terminate you, either before or after the return-to-duty test. Remember that in your employer’s eyes, you may still be a safety risk.)

• If your employer decides to take you back, and if you have a negative return-to-duty test, you will be subject to follow-up testing as required by your SAP.

• There must be at least 6 unannounced follow-up tests in the first year, but the SAP can require any number of tests, and the testing period can extend to five years.

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