{"id":46546,"date":"2019-04-23T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=46546"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:31:43","slug":"dot-posts-final-rule-amending-drug-testing-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/dot-posts-final-rule-amending-drug-testing-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT posts final rule amending drug testing rule","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-24855 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DOT_Logo_150px-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The U.S. Department of Transportation published a final rule April 23 that makes technical corrections to regulations governing drug testing for safety-sensitive employees to ensure consistency with recent amendments made to DOT\u2019s \u201cProcedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs,\u201d which recently added requirements for testing for oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and hydromorphone.<br \/>\nAccording to the release from DOT, the new changes to the department\u2019s regulations make it necessary to refer to these substances, as well as morphine, 6-acetylmorphine and codeine by the term \u201copioids\u201d rather than \u201copiates.\u201d<br \/>\nThis final rule amends the term in the FAA, FTA and PHMSA regulations to ensure that all DOT drug testing rules are consistent with one another and the mandatory guidelines for the testing program.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/odapc\/frpubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read more about this final rule.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation published a final rule April 23 that makes technical corrections to regulations governing drug testing for safety-sensitive employees to ensure consistency with recent amendments made to DOT\u2019s \u201cProcedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs,\u201d which recently added requirements for testing for oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and hydromorphone. 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