FOR
THE EMPLOYEE -
The
Department of Transportation’s (DOT) rule, 49 CFR Part 40, describes required
procedures for conducting workplace drug and alcohol testing for the federally
regulated transportation industry. If you have violated a DOT drug and alcohol
regulation, your employer is required to immediately remove you from performing
safety-sensitive functions. Under the regulations, you cannot again perform any
DOT safety sensitive duties for any employer until you complete a Return-to-Duty process. The first step in this
process is to be evaluated by a qualified Substance Abuse Professional
(SAP).
There are
strict DOT requirements that must be met in order for a provider to qualify as a
SAP.
Evaluations performed by a non-qualified
SAP will not be accepted by the DOT and will delay your potential return to
performing safety-sensitive duties.
Call
me today at (970) 444-2809 or email
me to start the
process. Weekend and evening appointments available. Your privacy will be
protected.
You
can have complete confidence in my credentials
Here is what
you can expect when you start the Return-to-Duty process:
 | The
first appointment will take approximately two hours. You will take some
standardized tests and meet face-to-face with me.
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| After
that first meeting, I will send you a letter outlining my recommendations
to address your substance abuse issue. In that letter I will provide you with
all of the information you need to follow through with my recommendations. At
the same time, I will fax or mail the DOT-required report to your employer.
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| Before
you can again perform safety-sensitive duties for any employer, the DOT requires that you meet with me a second
time. This thirty minute appointment is to determine whether you are complying with my original recommendations. If I find that
you have followed my recommendations, a report of compliance is sent to your employer. At that point,
you become eligible for a return-to-duty drug and alcohol test. If those tests
are
negative, your employer is then permitted to return you to your safety-sensitive
duties, at their discretion.
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| Your employer cannot return you to performing
safety-sensitive duties until you have completed the second meeting and you
have been found to be in compliance. |
