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What Employers Need To Know About DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing

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Section VIII. Record Keeping <strong>and</strong> Data Collection Requirements<br />

<strong>What</strong> drug <strong>and</strong> alcohol records do I need to keep?<br />

You have to maintain comprehensive records related to your program. That way, you can fully account for<br />

your program when you are inspected or audited by <strong>DOT</strong> Agencies or USCG. In addition, you will have the<br />

records that you might have to produce for court cases <strong>and</strong> arbitration hearings. Your service agents can<br />

maintain these documents for you. <strong>DOT</strong> published the ―Employer Record Keeping Requirements for <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Alcohol</strong> <strong>Testing</strong> Information,‖ <strong>and</strong> it is available on our website. The document goes into far more detail than<br />

we can give you here.<br />

You can find the employer records keeping document on our website at:<br />

http://www.dot.gov/ost/dapc/testingpubs/Recordkeeping Requirements.pdf<br />

The minimum record keeping requirements are highlighted in this chart:<br />

Schedule<br />

Five Years<br />

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Type of Records<br />

Records of alcohol test results indicating an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater;<br />

Records of verified positive drug test results;<br />

Documentation of refusals to take required alcohol <strong>and</strong> drug tests (including substituted<br />

or adulterated drug test results);<br />

Annual MIS Report;<br />

SAP reports; <strong>and</strong><br />

All follow-up tests <strong>and</strong> schedules for follow-up tests.<br />

[Aviation employers must keep commercial pilot positive, negative, <strong>and</strong> refusal<br />

records for 5 years because of the Pilot Record Improvement Act <strong>and</strong> must keep<br />

employee dispute records.]<br />

[Pipeline operators <strong>and</strong> motor carrier companies must maintain EBT calibration<br />

records for 5 years.]

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