Implementation Guidelines - Federal Transit Administration - U.S. ...

The behaviors that are prohibited by FTA rules?
⎯ Consumption of alcohol:
• Four hours prior to performing a safety-sensitive function
• Eight hours following an accident
• While on-call
• Blood alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater when
performing a safety-sensitive function.
⎯ Ingestion of prohibited drugs at all times
The actions that are prohibited by the Drug Free Workplace Act?
⎯ Unlawful manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, possessing, or
using controlled substances in the workplace ; (Optional; Not
required by 49 CFR Part 655)
The circumstances when drug and alcohol testing takes place?
⎯ Pre-employment (drugs only)
⎯ Reasonable suspicion
⎯ Post-accident
⎯ Random
⎯ Return-to-duty
⎯ Follow-up
A statement regarding the agency’s stand-down policy, if applicable.
⎯ Have you received a waiver from the FTA allowing standdowns?
A list of drugs/drug metabolites that will be tested for (marijuana,
cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, phencyclidine)?
⎯ List minimum thresholds for the initial screen and the
confirmatory test (optional)
The definition of the behaviors that constitute a refusal to submit to a test
(all test categories except pre-employment)?
⎯ Refusal to provide a specimen (verbal refusal or physical
absence);
⎯ Inability to provide sufficient quantities of breath or urine to be
tested without a valid medical explanation;
⎯ Tampering, adulterating, or substituting a specimen;
⎯ Not reporting to the collection site in the time allotted;
⎯ Leaving the scene of an accident without a valid reason before
the tests have been conducted;
⎯ Failure to sign DOT required testing forms for breath collection;
⎯ Leaving the collection site prior to test completion;
Appendix J. Self-Assessment Checklist J-5 August 2002
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