Return to duty program

Viewpoint: Clearinghouse queries come due

In late December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reminded employers that they must conduct an annual query of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for all of their commercial driver’s license-holding employees on a rolling 12-month basis. With the bulk of these annual queries coming due in December, the FMCSA’s outreach was a timely reminder that carriers needed to prioritize conducting these queries before the end of the year.

In the latest report on Clearinghouse data...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-clearinghouse-queries-come-due

Texas tops list for truck driver drug/alcohol violations

New data released by the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse shows Texas topping the list of number of registered truck drivers with a positive drug and/or alcohol test violation but Louisiana ranking highest in violation rates based on number of employers.

According to the latest clearinghouse data (as of May 1) released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Texas recorded 7,268 violations, followed by California with 5,312 and Florida with 4,033. The number of violations...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/texas-tops-list-for-truck-driver-drugalcohol-violations

FMCSA: More drivers returning to work after drug violations

There is hope for a trucking industry that has been warning of a major blow to the pool of available drivers resulting from tighter compliance measures by federal regulators: Drivers are more often taking the necessary steps toward returning to duty after getting hit with violations.

That seems to be one of the trends revealed by data compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, which went into effect in January 2020.

Of the 55,901 drivers...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/fmcsa:-more-drivers-returning-to-work-after-drug-violations

Truck drivers testing positive for drugs increased 8% in September

Positive drug tests and drug test refusals increased 8% and 9.3%, respectively, in September, after dropping slightly in August, according to the most recent data compiled by the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.

The latest monthly data, released Tuesday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), also revealed that the number of drivers now in “prohibited status” — meaning they have at least one drug or alcohol violation and are still in the return-to-duty process — reached...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truck-drivers-testing-positive-for-drugs-increased-8-in-september

Drug database reveals high rate of ineligible drivers

An overwhelming number of drivers with drug and alcohol violations have failed to complete the federal return-to-duty process, a trend that could have trucking capacity implications down the road.

Statistics released this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reveal that of the 28,445 drivers registering at least one drug or alcohol violation in the FMCSA’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, 26,443 – or 93% – are in “prohibited status” because they have not completed the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/drug-database-reveals-high-rate-of-ineligible-drivers

FMCSA looking into petition to delay HOS rule changes

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) confirmed that it is studying a petition by safety groups and labor to halt the final hours of service (HOS) rule despite the agency strongly backing the changes it made that are scheduled to go into effect on September 29.

Speaking at a meeting of FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee on Monday, July 13, Mullen acknowledged that “not everybody agrees with [FMCSA’s position]. There’s a petition for reconsideration which we’re...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/fmcsa-looking-into-petition-to-delay-hos-rule-changes

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