The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released query plans, including pricing options, for trucking companies seeking to use the agency’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The ...

Trucking companies and owner operators will have two pricing options for tapping into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse to check on drivers for ...

On December 2, 2016, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) released a final rule creating the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (the “Clearinghouse”). The ...

A limited query of the Clearinghouse will inform the employer or its designated third-party administrator whether violation-related information about the driver exists, but will not include detailed ...

In January 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rolled out the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. This electronic database was designed to track commercial driver’s license (and ...

In 2012, Congress passed and President Obama signed the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century Act,” a transportation reauthorization bill referred to as “MAP-21.” That law directed the ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is fully operational, and mandatory use is in effect for all commercial truck fleets and owner-operators who ...

A proposed rule establishing a database of CDL holders who have failed or refused to take a drug test will soon be published, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Feb. 12. The ...

The CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is on track to launch Jan. 6, 2020. Despite the three-year lead time of the final rule, common questions continue to surface on how it will all play out. The ...

With the new year comes the second full year of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations’ Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, the national database of commercial driver substance violations created ...