How will employers use the Clearinghouse?
Beginning January 6, 2020, employers will be required to:
- Report drug and alcohol violations. This will include alcohol test results with a concentration of .04 or greater, refusals to take an alcohol or drug test, as well as actual knowledge of a violation.
- Employers will also report negative return-to-duty (RTD) test results and the successful completion of a driver’s follow-up testing plan.
- The information above must be reported by the close of the third business day after the employer is informed.
- Conduct queries to check if prospective employees are prohibited from performing safety-sensitive functions, such as operating CMVs, due to an unresolved drug and alcohol program violation.
- Employers are also required to query all current employees at least annually. All queries require driver consent.
- Until January 6, 2023, conduct both electronic queries in the Clearinghouse and manual, offline inquiries to previous employers for pre-employment driver investigations Designate his C/TPA.
For more information
Go to https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov. In the upper right, click on “LEARN”. Scroll down and click on “Employer Resources”. You will find several informative links. Among them, is the Employer Brochure that provides very important information.