COVID-19 and DOT Guidance on Compliance with Testing
This guidance document provides clarity to DOT-regulated employers, employees, and service agents on conducting DOT drug-and-alcohol testing given concerns about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We, as a Nation, are facing an unprecedented public health emergency that is straining medical resources and altering aspects of American life, including the workplace. The Nation’s transportation industries, which are not immune to the impacts and disruptions resulting from the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, are playing a vital role in mitigating the effects of COVID-19.
DOT is committed to maintaining public safety while providing maximum flexibility to allow transportation industries to conduct their operations safely and efficiently during this period of national emergency.
The attached guidance on compliance with the DOT and modal drug and alcohol testing programs apply during this period of national emergency.
Visit: https://www.transportation.gov/odapc/compliance-with-dot-drug-and-alcohol-testing-regulations