[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR382.411]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 382_CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ALCOHOL USE AND TESTING--Table of 

Contents

 

       Subpart D_Handling of Test Results, Records Retention, and 

                             Confidentiality

 

Sec. 382.411  Employer notifications.



    (a) An employer shall notify a driver of the results of a pre-

employment controlled substances test conducted under this part, if the 

driver requests such results within 60 calendar days of being notified 

of the disposition of the employment application. An employer shall 

notify a driver of the results of random, reasonable suspicion and post-

accident tests for controlled substances conducted under this part if 

the test results are verified positive. The employer shall also inform 

the driver which controlled substance or substances were verified as 

positive.

    (b) The designated employer representative shall make reasonable 

efforts to contact and request each driver who submitted a specimen 

under the employer's program, regardless of the driver's employment 

status, to contact and discuss the results of the controlled substances 

test with a medical review officer who has been unable to contact the 

driver.

    (c) The designated employer representative shall immediately notify 

the medical review officer that the driver has been notified to contact 

the medical review officer within 72 hours.