August 5, 2022

To: DATIA Members,

This morning, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published an Advance Notice of a Proposed Rulemaking for Electronic Signatures, Forms and Storage for Drug and Alcohol Testing Records. The DOT is requesting comments from the public on the DOT’s current regulations for conducting drug and alcohol testing in the workplace for the federally regulated transportation industry and how they could be modified and modernized to allow for electronic signatures, electronic forms and data to be stored electronically. The current regulations mandate that signatures, forms, and data storage are all completed on tangible, paper documents.

This rulemaking was released in response to a petition from April 2, 2020, requesting that an electronic version of the alcohol testing form for DOT-authorized alcohol testing be made available for use. Public comments will provide the DOT with valuable feedback in developing the best strategy for digitizing the Drug and Alcohol Testing process.

Deadline:

The public comment period closes October 4.

Links:

The Federal Register notice can be found here.

ACTION ITEM

DATIA members are encouraged to submit their proposed comments to the DATIA Headquarters Office by August 31st via email by clicking the button below.