Drug Testing Services

 Drug testing under FMCSA regulations is required for large trucks and commercial bus’s with 16 or more passengers including the driver. Healthy Minds Drug Screening provides drug and alcohol testing programs and DOT compliance for owner operators, private fleets, for hire carriers, small trucking companies, bus companies as well as cities, states and towns. 

 For safety and compliance owner operators of trucks in the United States have a responsibility to comply with DOT and FMCSA regulations for drug and alcohol testing. Healthy Minds Drug Screening specializes in providing a great DOT consortium program for owner operators to be compliant fast and easy. 

What do you get when you join our consortium:

• Enrollment into a random drug and alcohol testing consortium
• Urine Pre-employment drug test
• Pre-employment query - FMCSA Clearinghouse
• Same day service

Oil and gas companies working on pipeline must follow DOT regulations for drug and alcohol testing. The PHMSA regulation is 49 CFR Part 199. These drug and alcohol testing regulations require operators, and their contractors, of natural gas and other gas pipeline transportation, hazardous liquids pipeline transportation, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline facilities to:

• Have anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention plans and programs applicable to persons who perform operating, maintenance, or emergency-response functions covered by the DOT pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR Parts 192, 193 or 195.

 Employers regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are required to have a drug and alcohol testing program. This includes air carriers and aircraft maintenance and preventive maintenance companies. The Federal Aviation Regulations require a regulated employer to ensure any individuals performing safety-sensitive functions by contract for it are included in a FAA-mandated drug and alcohol testing program.

Order Today, your FAA Drug Test. This is commonly called a DOT urine drug test.  A pre-employment DOT FAA Drug Test is required for FAA regulated companies in the aviation industry including aircraft maintenance facilities.  Random testing is also required.

 Are you regulated by the United States Coast Guard? Are you applying for or renewing a Captains License? If yes, you need drug testing. Call For More information: 754-303-9976

 Railroads in the United States are required to have DOT drug and alcohol testing program and regulated by 49 CFR Part 40. Additional agency regulations must be followed. The FRA regulation is 49 CFR Part 219 and the summary highlights are below. 

Summary:

A person who performs hours of service functions at a rate sufficient to be placed into the railroad’s random testing program. Categories of personnel who normally perform these functions are locomotive engineers, trainmen, conductors, switchmen, locomotive hostlers/helpers, utility employees, signalmen, operators, and train dispatchers.

Pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, reasonable cause, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up.

Pre-employment (optional), random, reasonable suspicion, reasonable cause, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up.

FRA’s post-accident testing rule requires urine and blood specimen collection from surviving employees and also tissue from deceased employees (these collection procedures go well beyond the normal Part 40 procedures). For surviving employees, these specimens are collected at an independent medical facility. FRA regulation, 49 CFR Part 219 Subpart C, stipulates the level of events requiring testing and who has to be tested. The collected specimens are analyzed only at FRA’s contract laboratory. Post-accident testing provides FRA with accident investigation and usage data.

One trained supervisor can make the decision for alcohol testing based upon specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the employee. A decision to conduct a drug test requires two supervisors (only the on-site supervisor must be trained).

Employers are authorized to use federal authority to test covered employees after specific operating rule violations or accidents/incidents which meet the criteria in 49 CFR Part 219 Subpart D.

Four (4) hours prior to performance of duty or after receiving notice to report for covered service, whichever is the shorter period.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems, including buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, trolleys and ferries. FTA also oversees safety measures and helps develop next-generation technology research. The DOT required drug and alcohol testing program is an important part of FTA oversight. 

Summary of title 49 Part 655:

A person who performs a revenue vehicle operation; revenue vehicle and equipment maintenance; revenue vehicle control or dispatch (optional); Commercial Drivers License non-revenue vehicle operation; or armed security duties. Covered employees are required to participate in the drug and alcohol testing program including random testing. Failure to cooperate and be in compliance with the regulations can cause the covered employee to be removed from the covered position.

These are required - Pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up.

Pre-employment (optional); these are required - random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up.

Any accident involving a fatality requires testing. Testing following a non-fatal accident is discretionary: If the employer can show the employee’s performance could not have contributed to the accident, no test is needed. Non-fatal accidents that may require testing must have disabling damage to any vehicle or immediate medical attention away from the scene to meet the testing threshold.

Based on upon specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the employee one trained supervisor or company official can make the decision for a reasonable suspicion drug test.

The employee cannot consume alcoholic beverages for four (4) hours prior to the performance of duty.

A BAC re-test must be below 0.02; if the employer chooses to return the employee to covered service within 8 hours.