Drug Testing

The United States Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register on December 28th that they are increasing the random drug testing rate for covered crewmembers for 2019 from 25% annually to 50% annually as a result of the MIS data for the most recent reporting year indicating that the positive rate is greater than 1%. […]

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced in the December 11, 2018 Federal Register that the random drug testing rate for 2019 will remain unchanged at 50% annually.  PHMSA currently does not require random alcohol testing.  Please see https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-11/pdf/2018-26750.pdf for the official publication of the 2019 PHMSA random testing rate.

The FAA announced their 2019 random testing rates will remain the same (25% for drug and 10% for alcohol). See details in the December 3rd Federal Register. http://ow.ly/V2LY30mQxg3

On October 17, 2018, the Federal Transit Administration announced that effective January 1, 2019, the minimum rate of random drug testing will increase from 25 percent to 50 percent of covered employees for employers subject to FTA’s drug and alcohol regulation. This change is due to an increase in the industry’s “positive rate” as reflected in […]

It’s often said that opioid abuse and addiction has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. It affects people from all walks of life—teens and adults, professionals and blue collar workers alike. Opiates include any drug derived from the opium poppy plant. While all opiates are opioids, there are opioids that aren’t opiates. Some examples of […]

Air traffic control facilities are what keep our skies and air travel safe, so it only makes sense that those involved with air traffic control, either via direct communication or other safety-sensitive functions, are subject to regular drug and alcohol testing. This testing is regulated by the FAA, so the requirements are consistent across every […]