What Are the Benefits of a Substance Abuse Professional List?
Are you endlessly searching through a Substance Abuse Professional list unable to find a SAP quickly? If you were removed from your safety-sensitive, DOT-mandated job for failing, or refusing to take a drug or alcohol test, you will have to successfully complete the SAP process before you return to your duties.
When you fail a DOT-mandated drug and/or alcohol test your employer is required to give you a Substance Abuse Professional list, or a referral to a service agent. If you receive a Substance Abuse Professional list you must call several SAPs to find one that may have an available appointment. Calling SAPs in your area, leaving messages, trying to fit into the SAPs schedule… all while you are out of work can be stressful. This is why you should get in touch with SAP Referral Services (SRS), a service agent who refers you to a DOT-qualified SAP in your area from their internal Substance Abuse Professional list of over 3,000 provider locations nationwide.
What is a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP)?
A Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) refers to a trained and licensed or certified person who performs evaluations for drug and alcohol-related misuse. SAPs hold specific credentials, obtain continuing education credits and are licensed or certified as a physician, social worker, marriage or family therapist, psychologist, employee assistance professional or IC & RC, NAADAC or NBCC Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
A Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) evaluates employees who failed a drug and/or alcohol test, refers them to appropriate education and/or treatment programs, performs a second evaluation after the employee has successfully complied with the outlined program and then determines if the employee is fit to submit a return-to-duty drug and/or alcohol test.
How Does a Substance Abuse Professional List Help Me?
Employees seeking SAP services often face a lot of difficulties in the initial stages of seeking a provider. The process of searching for a qualified SAP through using a Substance Abuse Professional list can be challenging. Between calling multiple providers, waiting for returned calls, checking to see if any of the providers has an appointment convenient with your schedule, etc, the process can take weeks.
SAP Referral Services, a service agent, has over 3,000 provider locations nationwide. This means that when you find your SAP through SAP Referral Services you’re guaranteed to be referred to a SAP in your geographic region with availability. An added benefit to finding a SAP through SAP Referral Services is that you can rest assured that the SAP’s credentials are maintained by SAP Referral Services.
Don’t Spend Time with a Substance Abuse Professional List, Find a SAP Today!
Rather than waste time calling providers on a possibly outdated list, you could be on your way to getting your job back sooner with SAP Referral Services’ FastTrack Enrollment Program. The FastTrack Enrollment Program was created because SRS knows how frustrating it can be to wait for a SAP appointment. When you enroll in this program you will typically be scheduled with a SAP in your geographic region within 72 business hours.
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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.