Transport Topics

DOT’s Oral-Fluid Drug Testing Raises Safety Concerns

The addition later this year of oral-fluid drug testing for marijuana, which typically detects use only for up to 72 hours after use, could allow truck drivers to use the drug and avoid detection, ...
Transport Topics

DOT’s Oral Fluid Testing Stalls Due to Lack of Labs, Testers

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing of truck drivers using oral fluid collections was approved more than a year ago, but a ...
CCJ

DOT expands drug testing options to include oral fluid

The Department of Transportation on Monday filed a Final Rule that will allow oral fluid as an authorized testing method for the presence of unlawful drugs. The 227-page final rule is scheduled for ...
Yahoo

CDL Drug Testing Faces Uncertainty After Trump Executive Order

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s official. Today, December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to “take ...
Fleet Owner

DOT finalizes oral fluid drug-testing rule

More than a year after it first proposed a rulemaking, the U.S. Department of Transportation on May 2 released a final rule officially sanctioning oral-fluid testing as a method for screening ...
JD Supra

DOT Guidance on Drug/Alcohol Testing During Pandemic is Not What Regulated Transportation Employers Had Hoped For

On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued Guidance on compliance with DOT drug/alcohol testing regulations for employers concerned about their ability to meet regulatory testing ...