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Old 09-30-2006, 06:50 AM
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Subpart B - Employer Responsibilities

? 40.25 Must an employer check on the drug and alcohol testing record of employees it is intending to use to perform safety-sensitive duties?


(j) As the employer, you must also ask the employee whether he or she has tested positive, or refused to test, on any pre-employment drug or alcohol test administered by an employer to which the employee applied for, but did not obtain, safety-sensitive transportation work covered by DOT agency drug and alcohol testing rules during the past two years. If the employee admits that he or she had a positive test or a refusal to test, you must not use the employee to perform safety-sensitive functions for you, until and unless the employee documents successful completion of the return-to-duty process (see paragraphs (b)(5) and (e) of this section).
When the FMCSA investigates drivers who tested positive and it is discovered the driver failed to have the necessary SAP referral, return to duty drug test, and minimum of six follow-up tests in 12 months the driver can be penalized for failing to comply, be terminated by their present employer, and face charges for Part 390.35 for falsifying the questionnaire.

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Old 09-30-2006, 06:58 AM
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How does the FMCSR find out because no one can tell them. Right to Privacy. I know what your saying about not telling the truth on an application, atomatic disqualification.
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When the FMCSA investigates drivers who tested positive and it is discovered the driver failed to have the necessary SAP referral, return to duty drug test, and minimum of six follow-up tests in 12 months the driver can be penalized for failing to comply, be terminated by their present employer, and face charges for Part 390.35 for falsifying the questionnaire.

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FMCSA doesn't investigate drug test. This is part of the joke with the Feds.

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How does the FMCSR find out because no one can tell them. Right to Privacy. I know what your saying about not telling the truth on an application, atomatic disqualification.
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? 40.321 What is the general confidentiality rule for drug and alcohol test information?

Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, as a service agent or employer participating in the DOT drug or alcohol testing process, you are prohibited from releasing individual test results or medical information about an employee to third parties without the employee's specific written consent.

(a) A ?third party? is any person or organization to whom other subparts of this regulation do not explicitly authorize or require the transmission of information in the course of the drug or alcohol testing process.

? 40.323 May program participants release drug or alcohol test information in connection with legal proceedings?

(a) As an employer, you may release information pertaining to an employee's drug or alcohol test without the employee's consent in certain legal proceedings.

(1) These proceedings include a lawsuit (e.g., a wrongful discharge action), grievance (e.g., an arbitration concerning disciplinary action taken by the employer), or administrative proceeding (e.g., an unemployment compensation hearing) brought by, or on behalf of, an employee and resulting from a positive DOT drug or alcohol test or a refusal to test (including, but not limited to, adulterated or substituted test results).

(2) These proceedings also include a criminal or civil action resulting from an employee's performance of safety-sensitive duties, in which a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the drug or alcohol test information sought is relevant to the case and issues an order directing the employer to produce the information. For example, in personal injury litigation following a truck or bus collision, the court could determine that a post-accident drug test result of an employee is relevant to determining whether the driver or the driver's employer was negligent. The employer is authorized to respond to the court's order to produce the records.

(b) In such a proceeding, you may release the information to the decisionmaker in the proceeding (e.g., the court in a lawsuit). You may release the information only with a binding stipulation that the decisionmaker to whom it is released will make it available only to parties to the proceeding.

(c) If you are a service agent, and the employer requests its employee's drug or alcohol testing information from you to use in a legal proceeding as authorized in paragraph (a) of this section (e.g., the laboratory's data package), you must provide the requested information to the employer.

(d) As an employer or service agent, you must immediately notify the employee in writing of any information you release under this section.

? 40.331 To what additional parties must employers and service agents release information?

As an employer or service agent you must release information under the following circumstances:

(a) If you receive a specific, written consent from an employee authorizing the release of information about that employee's drug or alcohol tests to an identified person, you must provide the information to the identified person. For example, as an employer, when you receive a written request from a former employee to provide information to a subsequent employer, you must do so. In providing the information, you must comply with the terms of the employee's consent.

(b) If you are an employer, you must, upon request of DOT agency representatives, provide the following:

(1) Access to your facilities used for this part and DOT agency drug and alcohol program functions.

(2) All written, printed, and computer-based drug and alcohol program records and reports (including copies of name-specific records or reports), files, materials, data, documents/documentation, agreements, contracts, policies, and statements that are required by this part and DOT agency regulations. You must provide this information at your principal place of business in the time required by the DOT agency.

(3) All items in paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be easily accessible, legible, and provided in an organized manner. If electronic records do not meet these standards, they must be converted to printed documentation that meets these standards.


(c) If you are a service agent, you must, upon request of DOT agency representatives, provide the following:

(1) Access to your facilities used for this part and DOT agency drug and alcohol program functions.

(2) All written, printed, and computer-based drug and alcohol program records and reports (including copies of name-specific records or reports), files, materials, data, documents/documentation, agreements, contracts, policies, and statements that are required by this part and DOT agency regulations. You must provide this information at your principal place of business in the time required by the DOT agency.

(3) All items in paragraph (c)(2) of this section must be easily accessible, legible, and provided in an organized manner. If electronic records do not meet these standards, they must be converted to printed documentation that meets these standards.

(d) If requested by the National Transportation Safety Board as part of an accident investigation, you must provide information concerning post-accident tests administered after the accident.

(e) If requested by a Federal, state or local safety agency with regulatory authority over you or the employee, you must provide drug and alcohol test records concerning the employee.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this part, as a laboratory you must not release or provide a specimen or a part of a specimen to a requesting party, without first obtaining written consent from ODAPC. If a party seeks a court order directing you to release a specimen or part of a specimen contrary to any provision of this part, you must take necessary legal steps to contest the issuance of the order (e.g., seek to quash a subpoena, citing the requirements of ?40.13 ). This part does not require you to disobey a court order, however.
The confidentiality applies to third parties, not the US DOT.

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FMCSA doesn't investigate drug test. This is part of the joke with the Feds.

kc0iv
If you say so, 8)

Drivers may be located by their CDL number or name from the roadside database. It takes little effort to locate a driver who has had an inspection. The employer is then contacted to verify the driver reported the positive test and has all of the required information. Other sources include the driver?s application with all of the required contact information.

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Old 09-30-2006, 06:00 PM
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Default Stay on topic guys,we are talking about pre employment.

You are not going to list a company on a applicaqtion that you never worked for,right. Anyone is third party if it's not the employer,lab,or the MRO. The company you applied for employment with is not going to get a request for information because they are not on your next application.
Anyone that fails a radom is in trouble,because that was a test for a present employer. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old 09-30-2006, 06:34 PM
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You are not going to list a company on a applicaqtion that you never worked for,right.
A driver who holds a Class A CDL is required to provide 10 years of employment history on an application and a carrier is required to confirm three years of employment history regardless of who the driver worked for. If you worked for Sam Jones Trucking from January 2006 - September 2006 you would list Sam Jones Trucking on any application you filled out. Sam Jones Trucking is required to keep a record of who called to confirm your employment. Therefore Sam Jones could provide a list of carriers who inquired about your employment after a postive pre-employment test was discovered.

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Anyone is third party if it's not the employer,lab,or the MRO.
No, the US DOT is not a third party and has access to all records:

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? 40.331 To what additional parties must employers and service agents release information?

As an employer or service agent you must release information under the following circumstances:

(a) If you receive a specific, written consent from an employee authorizing the release of information about that employee's drug or alcohol tests to an identified person, you must provide the information to the identified person. For example, as an employer, when you receive a written request from a former employee to provide information to a subsequent employer, you must do so. In providing the information, you must comply with the terms of the employee's consent.

(b) If you are an employer, you must, upon request of DOT agency representatives, provide the following:

(1) Access to your facilities used for this part and DOT agency drug and alcohol program functions.

(2) All written, printed, and computer-based drug and alcohol program records and reports (including copies of name-specific records or reports), files, materials, data, documents/documentation, agreements, contracts, policies, and statements that are required by this part and DOT agency regulations. You must provide this information at your principal place of business in the time required by the DOT agency.

(3) All items in paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be easily accessible, legible, and provided in an organized manner. If electronic records do not meet these standards, they must be converted to printed documentation that meets these standards.

(c) If you are a service agent, you must, upon request of DOT agency representatives, provide the following:

(1) Access to your facilities used for this part and DOT agency drug and alcohol program functions.

(2) All written, printed, and computer-based drug and alcohol program records and reports (including copies of name-specific records or reports), files, materials, data, documents/documentation, agreements, contracts, policies, and statements that are required by this part and DOT agency regulations. You must provide this information at your principal place of business in the time required by the DOT agency.

(3) All items in paragraph (c)(2) of this section must be easily accessible, legible, and provided in an organized manner. If electronic records do not meet these standards, they must be converted to printed documentation that meets these standards.

(d) If requested by the National Transportation Safety Board as part of an accident investigation, you must provide information concerning post-accident tests administered after the accident.

(e) If requested by a Federal, state or local safety agency with regulatory authority over you or the employee, you must provide drug and alcohol test records concerning the employee.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this part, as a laboratory you must not release or provide a specimen or a part of a specimen to a requesting party, without first obtaining written consent from ODAPC. If a party seeks a court order directing you to release a specimen or part of a specimen contrary to any provision of this part, you must take necessary legal steps to contest the issuance of the order (e.g., seek to quash a subpoena, citing the requirements of ?40.13 ). This part does not require you to disobey a court order, however.
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The company you applied for employment with is not going to get a request for information because they are not on your next application.
No, however, the carrier you worked for last will have a record of all contacts.

Lets say you applied to ABC Trucking and you had a positive pre-employment drug test. When you filled out the application for ABC Trucking you listed your previous employer Sam Jones Trucking, your address, CDL number, home phone, etc. If the FMCSA discovered the positive pre-employment drug test they could use your CDL and employment history listed to find you and discover whether or not you had the required SAP, return to duty, and six follow-up tests as required.

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Anyone that fails a radom is in trouble,because that was a test for a present employer. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Drugs and trucks don't mix, there are investigative tools available for a driver to be found regardless of when the driver tested positive.

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Old 09-30-2006, 08:26 PM
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Default If this ,If That. What if,. Does anyone really Know.

If the Dot inspection comes to a company for an inspection they want records on present employees. If you contact my past employer's I haven't failed a test. I am concerned about a company releasing private information to DAC. I had a false positive for a company that I decided I didn't want to work for before the test results came back. I know it looks bad but I argued the results of the test. To me I'm not guilty of any wrong doing unless proven otherwise. What does and can a company legally do about a driver that fails a pre employment test, if they argue the results ,but don't go to work for that company.
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Old 09-30-2006, 08:59 PM
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If this ,If That. What if,. Does anyone really Know.
Only what I know of, my post are based on facts I am familiar with.

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If the Dot inspection comes to a company for an inspection they want records on present employees.
Positive test reports must be retained for five years. Drivers who tested positive are always a concern. DQ files must be retained for three years. Because of the rate of turn over at some carriers all drivers are reviewed. FYI, a carrier is rated based on their last complete year of random testing, i.e. in September 2006 the random testing program for 2005 would be evaluated. The number of pre-employment drug test examined is based on the number of new hires.

Records are examined based on issues discovered. Why look at drivers who tested negative if there are two or three positive drivers?

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If you contact my past employer's I haven't failed a test.
No, but they can provide information on who asked about your employment history.

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What does and can a company legally do about a driver that fails a pre employment test,
Retain the positive test result for five years and the driver qualification file for three years.

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if they argue the results ,but don't go to work for that company.
The MRO has the final say, it doesn't matter what the driver argues. The driver's only option is to request the split sample be sent to a different lab for evaluation. If the split comes back clean, no problem. If the split comes back positive case closed positive test.

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Old 09-30-2006, 09:24 PM
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Default So they keep a record for 5 years.

Unless you apply again with this company again or tell another company that you applied with them. They just keep it in there records for 5 years.
It wouldn't be an issue for another company. They might even see that this other company requested your DAC record, but that doesn't mean anything. They can't legal report it to DAc unless it is requested and then they have to have written consent. The Right to Privacy is the law unless you break the law. Failing a pre employment drug test isn't illegal as far as I know. Feed me more info if you can. I need to know as much as I can before seeking employment. I will test myself before I ever apply for another company. Nothing ,not even prescription med will ever enter my body again. Everyone needs to read up on Ibuprofen as a med that causes a false positive for THC. I'm a believer. Thanks for the help in sorting this mess out.
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