Do You Know Where to Find a SAP Provider?

When a DOT mandated safety-sensitive employee fails or refuses to take a drug and/or alcohol test they’re required to work with a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) to complete a return-to-duty program. If you are in this position, the sooner you find a qualified SAP and begin working with them, the sooner you can get back to work. That is why so many employees turn to a SAP provider for help.

Who is Covered by DOT Drug and Alcohol guidelines?

The Department of Transportation’s various subsectors all require that all safety-sensitive employees comply with drug and alcohol testing guidelines. These employees include:

• FMCSA: Employees who operate a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) with a gross weight of 26,0001 pounds or more or operate a vehicle that carries 15 passengers or more.
• FRA: Locomotive engineers, trainmen, conductors, switchmen, locomotive hostlers and helpers, utility employees, signalmen, operators, and train dispatchers. Additionally, this includes employees who perform maintenance and have the opportunity to foul the track.
• FAA: Flight crewmembers, flight attendants, aircraft dispatchers, aircraft maintenance workers, ground security coordinators, aviation screeners, air traffic controllers, and operations control specialists.
• FTA: Any person who drives, maintains, controls, or dispatches revenue vehicles, as well as CML non-revenue vehicle operators.
• PHMSA: Anyone who works with a pipeline or liquefied natural gas facility including operation, maintenance, or emergency response personnel.
• USCG: Anyone who is on board a vessel under the authority of a license certificate or registry or a merchant mariner’s document.

How a SAP Provider Can Help

As mentioned above, when a safety-sensitive DOT mandated employee fails or refuses their drug and/or alcohol test, they will immediately be removed from their safety-sensitive duties. This employee cannot return to work until they’ve completed a return-to-work program with a DOT-qualified SAP and passed their return-to-duty test.

A Substance Abuse Professional needs to keep up with their certifications to remain qualified by the DOT. They complete continuing education to stay at the top of their field. Unfortunately, sometimes these qualifications lapse, and a SAP is no longer DOT-qualified. When an employee works with a SAP with expired DOT qualifications, the employee’s work is considered void. The employee must repeat the process taking additional time off work and incurring additional expenses. Thankfully, help is available.

SRS Fast Track Enrollment

SAP Referral Services (SRS) connects employees with SAPs in locations across the country. Additionally, we guarantee that your SAP is fully qualified at the time of your initial evaluation. This promise eliminates the risk of repeating the process if you go on your own and end up with a SAP who is not qualified by the DOT.

Discover our Fast Track Enrollment today. Sign up online in just two simple steps and you’ll usually be in contact with a qualified SAP within 72 hours. When it comes to your work, you can’t afford to take risks and work with the wrong people. SRS is the nation’s top SAP provider and we have helped 25,000+ employees in the return-to-duty process. Let us help you, too.

SAP Referral Services (SRS) is the leading facilitator for mandated substance abuse evaluations. SRS maintains an extensive network of qualified providers in more than 3,000 locations nationwide for testing violations that originate from any of the DOT’s modes including FMCSA, FAA, FRA, FTA, USCG and PHMSA, or a company’s internal drug and alcohol testing policy.