How to Find a DOT Qualified SAP With a Substance Abuse Professional List
If you failed a drug and/or alcohol test and work within an industry that the DOT regulates, you may be given a Substance Abuse Professional list by your employer. Employers are required to immediately remove safety-sensitive employees who fail a drug or alcohol test from their safety-sensitive duties and provide them with a SAP list, or a referral to a service agent, to start the return to duty process. If you wish to get back into safety-sensitive work, you need to see a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) for an evaluation. The SAP you choose to see must have proper qualifications and current licenses to perform SAP evaluations.
Why a Substance Abuse Professional List is Not Always Enough?
Many employers do not keep their Substance Abuse Professional list up to date. Without current qualifications, a SAP can not perform an evaluation. If you get an evaluation from a SAP that is not currently DOT-approved, you may have to start the process again.
Using a SAP list can also take time that you do not have. You’re often left calling multiple SAPs to see if they have availability, and waiting for returned calls. Since you are out of safety-sensitive work until you successfully complete the return to duty process, you want to make sure you get your evaluation scheduled quickly.
What is the Alternative to Using a SAP List?
Service agents, like SAP Referral Services (SRS), connect employees to SAPs quickly. When you choose SRS you can be sure that your SAP is fully licensed and qualified at the time of your initial evaluation.
If you are looking for a Substance Abuse Professional list, consider calling SRS instead. We can schedule you with an available SAP within days. Contact us today to quickly find a Substance Abuse Professional so you can get back to work.