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ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS
If a pre-employment test results in insufficient volume, is a contingent
offer of employment made prior to the medical evaluation?
Pre-employment
Are you aware of the behaviors that constitute a test refusal for pre- Drug Testing
employment tests?
⎯ Failure to appear for a pre-employment test, delayed test, or
leaving the collection site prior to commencement of a test is not
a test refusal.
⎯ Once the collection has commenced, however, the donor has
committed to the process and must complete the test or it is
considered a test refusal.
Do you ask applicants whether they failed a pre-employment drug test
for another DOT regulated company within the past 2 years?
Are all applicants notified in writing of the requirement to pass a drug
test?
Do you obtain written consent from applicants requesting test
information from previous DOT-regulated employers (previous 2 years)?
Do you send the consent along with the request to the previous
employer? Do you make a good faith effort to obtain the information
from the previous employers?
If the information is not obtained within 30 days of this, do you remove
the employee from safety-sensitive duties? Do you document the good
faith effort?
If you obtain information that an applicant had a previous non-negative
test result, do you remove the person from duty until you have
documentation that the individual successfully completed the return-toduty
process and has completed a follow-up testing program If the
person has not successfully completed the return-to-duty process or the
follow-up testing program, have you made arrangements to pick up
where the employee left off?
Do you conduct a pre-employment test on employees that have been
absent from their safety-sensitive positions for 90 days or more
regardless of the reason, and not included in the random selection pool
during the timeframe?
Appendix J. Self-Assessment Checklist J-25 August 2002