(Service of the National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance)
Agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") have revised the DOT Management Information System ("MIS") forms into a single one-page form. Employers previuosly were required to use agency-specific forms (21 in all) to report the number of positive test results.
The new form reduces the amount of information required to be provided by employers. The new rule also creates uniformity among the DOT agencies on how employers determine the total number of employees to which the annual random-testing rate applies. It instructs employers to add the number of eligible employees for each testing period and divide by the number of random-testing periods. Employees are to be reported only on the DOT agency MIS report under which he or she is tested, which is usually the agency under which he or she performs over 50 percent of his or her duties. One exception exists - the Federal Aviation Administration requires all safety-sensitive employees to be tested under its regulations.
A company official must certify the accuracy and completeness of the report even if a third party prepares the report. The new form became effective December 31, 2003.
The full text of the regulation is available at:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/pdf/03-31887.pdf.
The new form can be obtained at each agency's website:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/factsfigs/formspubs.htm (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) http://www.faa.gov/avr/aam/adap (Federal Aviation Administration)
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Safety/Damis.asp (Federal Transit Administration)
http://www.fra.dot.gov/Content3.asp?P=1361 (Federal Railroad Administration)
http://ops.dot.gov/drug.htm (Research and Special Programs Administration)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/dapip.htm (United States Coast Guard)