NCJ Number
163951
Date Published
1994
Length
400 pages
Annotation
This manual is intended to assist local government officials in ensuring that their cities come into full compliance with the Federal Government's rules on alcohol and drug testing of employees who hold safety-sensitive positions.
Abstract
The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act requires alcohol and drug testing of employees who hold commercial driver's licenses. The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued its final rules under the law in February 1994. The rules require local governments that employee 50 or more employees in these positions to comply with the testing procedures by January 1, 1995. Small local governments must comply by January 1, 1996. This manual is based on materials published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and DOT and on conversations with FHWA and DOT officials. Individual sections explain testing for prohibited alcohol use, testing for prohibited drug use, qualifications required of medical review officers and drug abuse professionals, options for implementing, and requirements for policy statements on testing. Figures, forms, checklists, and appended text of the DOT and FHWA rules, fact sheets, lists of approved testing devices and laboratories, a model training curriculum for technicians, summaries of recent judicial decisions, lists of information sources