Latest News!
FTA will be hosting the 4th
Annual
Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference on April 7
- April 9, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Federal
Register: August 26, 2008
- The Department of Transportation is changing the effective
date of 49 CFR 40.67(b) from August 25, 2008, to November 1,
2008. The Department is also requesting comments concerning
the content of §40.67(b) for 30 days.
49 CFR Part 40 has recently been updated.
Read the
revisions in the Federal Register. FTA has also
published an updated
Urine Specimen Collection Guidelines
that adheres to the revised regulations (effective August
25, 2008). A
summary of the changes found within the updated
guidelines is located
here.
The
Best Practices Manual: Example Drug and Alcohol Policies and Procedures
contains drug and alcohol policies and procedures that are intended to update the original example polices that were first published with the
Best Practices Manual: FTA Drug and Alcohol Testing Program in March 2002. These example policies have been reviewed and determined to be current and fully-compliant with the revised 49 CFR Parts 40 and 655. The
document also contains three template policies that may be adjusted or tailored according to the needs of any employer.
The Administrator has determined that the random drug
testing rate shall remain at 25% for 2008. In 2006, the FTA retained the random alcohol testing rate
of 10 percent (reduced previously from 25 percent).
For frequently asked questions regarding the lowering of
the random drug testing rate,
click here.
