Owner-Operators
For owner-operators two important steps must be taken to comply with the DOT FMCSA regulations for drug and alcohol testing:
Although not required by regulation, many non-DOT or non-regulated employers often conduct random drug and alcohol testing. These non-DOT programs can be customized and managed by Elite Consortium Services with drug and alcohol testing available in all areas of the United States.
Why conduct random drug testing? What’s the best tool employers have for deterring drug and alcohol use in the workplace? Random Testing. Here are just a few of the reasons why:
In most states random testing of DOT regulated employees and safety sensitive employees is legal and a sound business practice. In some states, there may be some prohibitions against random testing of non-safety sensitive employees. Compliance experts at US Drug Test Centers can assist with the legality of random drug and alcohol testing in your state.
Random testing is performed on an unannounced, unpredictable basis on employees whose identifying information (e.g., social security number or employee number) has been placed in a testing pool from which a scientifically arbitrary selection is made. This selection is usually computer generated to ensure that it is indeed random and that each person in the workforce population has an equal chance of being selected for testing, regardless of whether that person was recently tested or not. Because this type of testing has no advance notice, it serves as a deterrent.