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DOT Announces 2012 Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Rates

Posted by Hunter Strickler on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 @ 02:00 PM
 

Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that the 2012 annual random drug & alcohol testing rates will remain the same as they were in 2011.  The chart below illustrates the drug and alcohol minimum annual rates for each DOT division.

DOT Agency
2012 Random Drug Testing Rate
2012 Random Alcohol Testing Rate
Federal Aviation Administration
[FAA]

25%

10%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[FMCSA]

50%

10%
Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA]

25%

10%
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA]

25%

10%
Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[PHMSA]

25%

N/A
United States
Coast Guard
[USCG] (now with the Dept. of Homeland Security)

50%

N/A

Source: Chart courtesy of the United States Department of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/odapc/rates.html

For more information about best practices for your organization's random drug testing and/or a list of FAQ's pertaining to random testing management, please visit our previous blog entries linked below:

Random Testing FAQ's: http://blog.edpm.com/blog-0/bid/61161/DOT-Random-Drug-Testing-Regulations-Q-A
Random Testing Best Practices: http://blog.edpm.com/blog-0/bid/53820/So-You-Think-You-Can-Drug-Test-Factor-4-Random-Testing

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the percentage of random drug and alcohol tests, at the end of the year, is based on the number of current employees on the personnel list (i.e., 120 employess = 60 random drug tests and 12 Alcohol tests
Posted @ Friday, December 30, 2011 10:41 PM by Joe Ruiz
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