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... have thousands of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Dot Drug And Alcohol Testing Regulations: Are You Ready?4/30/2013 10:36:34 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Karen Herson This content has not been rated yet. DOT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS: ARE YOU READY? by Karen Herson and ... Current Do you know that if you employ anyone who must, in the course of his or her job, possess a commercial driver's license (CDL) and perform safety-sensitive' functions as defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), you are required to conduct drug and alcohol testing? Although drug testing had long been mandated by DOT, the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 goes further by also requiring alcohol testing and extends coverage to intrastate drivers and all CDL holders. This legislation greatly increased the number of ... #160 Prior to an employee returning to duty in a safety-sensitive position after participating in a substance abuse treatment program.  As follow-up to treatment based on the recommendation of a substance abuse professional (SAP) . All drug tests must be performed by a laboratory approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) . Most SAMSHA labs will provide the materials necessary to collect the urine specimen and ship it to the lab for testing. All positive drug screens must undergo confirmation testing by gas chromatography/mass ...

Dot Drug And Alcohol Testing Regulations: Are You Ready?
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... We have thousands of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Drug Testing And Employee Assistance Programs 4/30/2013 10:34:57 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Bill Grieb This content has not been rated yet. DRUG TESTING AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS by Bill Grieb If you're in business, you must face some facts ... 70% of all illegal drug users are employed either full or part time, indicating that over 10 million people are current users of illicit drugs. One in 12 full-time employees reports current use of illicit drugs. One in every 10 people in this country has an alcohol problem. What do those numbers mean to you? They mean that every day, across this country, in towns large and small, in small businesses and large corporations, substance abuse is hurting the workplace. And that means a major business problem for you ... and treatment after the first positive but fire after the second? Allow employees more than one chance to become drug-free before firing? What tests will you use and what procedures will you follow? Who will collect the specimens? Will you use a confirmation test? What laboratory will you use? Will you use a medical review officer? How will you protect employees' privacy and confidentiality? How will you be sure your drug-testing program is fair, accurate, and legally defensible? Remember, drug testing should be undertaken only as part ...

Drug Testing And Employee Assistance Programs
DRUG TESTING AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRA...quires alcohol breath tests and urine drug tests in the following cases: befor...

Drug-Free Workplace
DEALING WITH SUBSTAN...yee assistance program or implement a drug-testing program. In addition to the Drug-Free Workplace Act, some federal ag...

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