Substance Abuse Management and Program Compliance

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide the participant with the knowledge to evaluate and self-assess their agency’s drug and alcohol testing program compliance with FTA regulations and industry best-practices. The course involves lecture, videos, Q&A sessions with expert instructors, and peer information sharing. This course promotes a better understanding of FTA substance abuse compliance regulations and their application to transit agency policies and procedures.

Course Elements

• Legislative-regulatory requirements for 49 CFR Part 655 and 49 CFR Part 40
• Categories of safety-sensitive testing types:  pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, random, return to duty, follow-up, checklist review, and action plan
• Testing procedures
• Urine specimen collection procedures
• Drug testing laboratory regulations and procedures
• Medical Review Officer (MRO) procedures
• Procedures for Substance Abuse Profession (SAP) referrals  
• Contractor and service agent oversight, checklist review, and action plan
• Alcohol testing procedures, breath test, saliva test
• Recordkeeping requirements, reporting procedures, and confidentiality/information disclosure procedures
• The FTA audit process and common deficiencies found by auditors
• Training requirements, safety-sensitive employees, supervisors' reasonable suspicion
• FTA voluntary Prescription (Rx) and Over-the-Counter (OTC) program updates
• General review of transit agency minimum policy content requirements
• Instructor-led Q&A and group discussions, pretest, final exam

Reasonable Suspicion and Post-Accident Testing Determination Seminar

Seminar Overview

This seminar is designed to educate participants on DOT/FTA regulations requiring drug and alcohol testing of safety-sensitive transit workers. The focus will be specific training requirements for those employees (e.g.: dispatchers, supervisors, managers, etc.) who will be making the determination of when to administer reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug and/or alcohol tests for safety sensitive employees. This seminar meets and exceeds the requirements under 49 CFR Part 655.14(b)(2).

This seminar meets and exceeds the requirements under 49 CFR Part 655.14(b)(2).

Seminar Elements

• FTA post-accident drug and alcohol testing requirements and procedures
• FTA reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing requirements and procedures
• Signs, symptoms, and workplace impact of alcohol misuse
• Signs, symptoms, and workplace impact of drug abuse
• Physical, behavioral, speech, and performance indicators of probable drug use and alcohol misuse
• Supervisor roles and responsibilities
• Scenario-based exercises and practice cases related to transit testing determination situations