Transport Topics

DOT Proposes Adding Oral Fluid Specimen for Driver Drug Testing

The Department of Transportation is proposing to add new drug testing guidelines that would permit motor carriers to test truck drivers using oral fluid samples as an alternative to urine testing.
Fleet Owner

Oral-fluid drug testing on hold

June 1 was supposed to be the red-letter day for oral-fluid testing for drug use among transportation employees and truck drivers—except it wasn't. A year after proposed rulemaking, a May 2 decision ...
Truckinginfo

DOT Rule Allows Oral-Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs

It’s been a long time in the works, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has published a final rule that amends the federal regulated industry drug-testing program to include oral fluid specimen ...
CCJ

Oral fluid testing a significant shift in the drug screening landscape

Approval of oral fluid testing for DOT-regulated drug screening procedures is significant. However, despite the rule being published May 2, 2023, with an effective date of June 1, 2023, there's a ...
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 ...
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Researchers looking at oral fluid testing as more viable option for drug testing

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Researchers are taking a closer look into the future of drug tests, specifically how they're administered. The project is being run by Western Michigan University in partnership ...
Overdrive

Oral fluid drug testing approved by DOT

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday published a final rule that will allow oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs. The 227-page final rule will become ...
Fleet Owner

DOT finalizes oral fluid drug-testing rule

More than a year after it first proposed a rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Transportation on May 2 released a final rule officially sanctioning oral-fluid testing as a method for screening ...
CCJ

Oral fluid testing rolls out today, but program is still on pause

The Department of Transportation last month filed a Final Rule allowing oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs effective June 1. However, in order for an ...
Truckinginfo

DOT Proposes Oral-Fluid Testing for Drugs

The Department of Transportation has proposed a rule allowing oral-fluid testing as an alternative to urine-testing for drugs and alcohol among safety-sensitive workers. The Department of ...
Overdrive

Comment period extended for oral fluid drug testing proposal

The U.S. DOT is extending the comment period for a rulemaking proposal that would allow oral fluid drug testing for truck drivers and other transportation workers. The original comment period was set ...