DOT Adds Four Drugs To Testing Requirements
Posted 11/13/17
Attention Fleet Owners! Are you aware of this new DOT legislation that could affect your drug testing protocols?
The DOT has issued a final rule amending its drug testing protocol to add the following four drugs: hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone. They also added methylenedioxyamphetamine as an initial test analyte, and removed methylenedioxyethylamphetamine as a confirmatory test analyte. 82 Fed. Reg 52229 (November 13th, 2017).
The changes to the drug-testing rule go into effect on January 1, 2018. Employers should make sure that their testing protocols or their third party vendors who perform the test, meet these new standards by the first of the year.
