Wow. This thread is still around? :shock:
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Yes..... I kNEW that statement would invite comment, which is why I added the caveat and emphasized the word COMPLETE. :lol:
The two hour figure is what I've been told by my safety department is a time limit by which I have to have the completed paperwork back to them, or at least the collection time on the paperwork must be no more than two hours after my notification. Don't really know, but I assume this comes from the HUGE book of regulations that THEY must adhere to. We forget sometimes.... that OUR regulations are not the ONLY ones that govern trucking. Many of the rules that THEY must follow are published in the Federal Register, as your citation indicates. I haven't the inclination to read it all to check on this information, but my employer tells me I have TWO hours. I don't normally make statements that I can't FIRST check out on my own, but I made an exception this time. :wink: |
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http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regul...ction_toc=1287 The "salient part where Drivers and Time allowed to complete is C & P below: (l) Each employer shall require that each driver who is notified of selection for random alcohol and/or controlled substances testing proceeds to the test site immediately; provided, however, that if the driver is performing a safety-sensitive function, other than driving a commercial motor vehicle, at the time of notification, the employer shall instead ensure that the driver ceases to perform the safety- sensitive function and proceeds to the testing site as soon as possible. (m) A driver shall only be tested for alcohol while the driver is performing safety-sensitive functions, just before the driver is to perform safety-sensitive functions, or just after the driver has ceased performing such functions. And from this regulation cited above stems this "Guidance" which appears on the same site and is located here: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regul...287&guidence=Y Question 17: May an employer notify a driver of his/her selection for a random controlled sub?stances test while the driver is in an off-duty status? Guidance: Yes. Part 382 does not prohibit an employer form notifying a driver of his/her selection for a random controlled substances test while the driver is in an off-duty status. If an employer selects a driver for a random controlled substances test while the driver is in an off-duty status, and then chooses to notify the driver that he/she has been selected while the driver is still off-duty, the employer must ensure that the driver proceeds immediately to a collection site. Immediately, in this context, means that all the driver?s actions, after notification, lead to an immediate speci?men collection. If the employer?s policy or practice is to notify drivers while they are in an off-duty status, the employer should make that policy clear to all drivers so that they are fully informed of their obligation to proceed immediately to a collection site. If an employer does not want to notify the driver that he/she has been selected for a random controlled substances test while the driver is in an off-duty status, the employer could set aside the driver?s name for notification until the driver returns to work, as long as the driver returns to work before the next selection for random testing is made. Employers should note that regardless of when a driver is notified, the time the driver spends traveling to and from the collection site, and all time associated with providing the specimen, must be recorded as on-duty time for purposes of compliance with the hours-of-service rules. Interestingly enough....nowhere in either the regulations or the guidance...is there any mention of "allowed amounts of time" to accomplish the mission.... only the words stating the driver must proceed immediately subject a couple of conditions. So there is interpretive room in the regulations.....however, it is not a "getroundtuit" situation....it simply means ASAP in a very definite manner. And I can also see where this regulation and its guidance could be used to eliminate a driver from the fleet with just a modicum of manipulation by a dispatcher.... :shock: [/i] |
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Futhermore, the part that I quoted from your post above, neglects what I stated about the fact that Safety Depts have OTHER regulations and guidance concerning the program that WE are not privy to, if we only search the FMCSA site. Granted, the 2 hour stipulation MAY only be a "company policy" in my case. I REALLY don't know. I just know that they tell me I MUST get it completed within TWO HOURS! I will ask them about the source/reason for that, and get back to y'all! :wink: And here's one that I can't find any comment on..... If you just finished your 11 hours for the day, and are off duty on a required 10 hour break, HOW can they force you to drive over your HOS to a clinic for a random, which MUST be done "on duty" ??????? Which would trump?? The random testing regs? Or the HOS regs? :shock: |
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I know that when I was at CFI...the "only" times I was ever subjected to the "random" testing was after my arrival at a terminal location. You got called to local dispatch...handed the notice with a map to the location, and told to "go right now" and report back when completed. It usually happened in Laredo. Quote:
However...the more salient questions are these: Are you, at the time of "notification"...at a location where you can easily go to the testing site? Is it a site that has truck parking? Is it within a reasonable distance that you could take a cab? Would the company reimburse for the cab ride? Is the Director of Safety for the company willing to send you a message via Qualcomm/Mmax.... or other stored means (email, etc) giving you a direct order to violate HOS, or permission to wait until break is up. 8) You sure like to throw rocks at hornets nests...don't you?? 8) |
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He IS trying to get back into driving, but is having a hard time finding a company that will give him a couple of days fair warning on drug tests!! :P |
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I kinda figured. :P |
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wording doesn't matter. you have 2 hours!! that's it. when they tell you, they have a responsibiliy to get you directions to the facility. they will pay for taxi's or whatever. but it is their job to make it accessible to you. however it is you job to convey to them ANY troubles you may have, traffic, can't fit in the parking lot, etc. other than that, 2 hrs. and the clock is ticking. |
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