Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations: Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is amending its drug and alcohol testing regulations to allow employers to use the results of post-accident drug and alcohol tests administered by State or local law enforcement personnel when the State and local law enforcement officials have independent authority for the tests and when the employer is able to obtain the results in conformance with State and local law. Under the amendment, the employer will be relieved of administering post-accident drug and alcohol tests in certain limited circumstances. This amendment may ease the burden of employers in testing ``safety-sensitive'' employees after an accident has occurred; it may also relieve some ``safety-sensitive'' employees from taking duplicative post-accident drug and alcohol tests.