Dot Drug Test Panel

Note regarding non dot testing.

Dot drug test panel.

Under dot regulations all drug tested specimens must be urine. Phencyclidine pcp under opiates dot testing has always included confirmatory testing when appropriate for codeine morphine and 6 am. Dot alcohol tests identify alcohol concentration of 0 02 and greater. A 10 panel drug test is a common way to check for various drugs in a person s body.

As of 1 1 18 the dot drug panel looks a bit different. Dot does not prohibit motor carrier employers from instituting a company authority testing program that is in addition to and distinct from the required dot testing program. 5 7 and 12 panel urine screening differences and reasons to use dot alcohol screening. A dot test refers to a drug test procedure required from individuals and private corporations under contract with or under the authority of the department of transportation dot.

The 10 panel drug test isn t a standard drug test. Employees who work in highly sensitive positions or unsafe environments falling under dot jurisdiction must undergo a urine drug test. The 5 panel regimen will remain. Most employers use a 5 panel drug test to screen applicants and current employees.

The dot testing at hhs certified laboratories is a 5 panel drug test regimen. If you are employed by the department of transportation and are in need of a 5 panel drug test we can help. It now includes what we normally refer to as expanded opiates or extended opiates. The most common 10 panel drug tests use urine to check for many of the legal and illicit drugs people.

As of january 1 2018 the opiates category was renamed opioids. Learn more about what drugs you will be tested for cutoff levels and more from national drug screening. After january 1 2018 still a 5 panel. Professionals who are responsible for the safety of others.

Under such non dot programs employers could test for other drugs. What does the dot drug testing panel look like with the new expanded opiates now called opioids. The dot testing at hhs certified laboratories will continue to be a 5 panel drug test regimen on and after october 1 2010. Drug tests will check for 5 drugs using a 5 panel test the drugs screened for are opiates pcp amphetamines marijuana and cocaine learn more in drug test types.

As per dot regulations 49 cfr part 40 the dot panel now looks like this. Still referred to as a 5 panel test it include much more than the conventional 5 panel test. Employers and individuals can register online or call 888 378 2499 to set up testing for staff or others. Dot alcohol screening tests are conducted using either breath or saliva.