Pre-hearing for Failed Drug Test and Employment

MRO has 3 days to turn a clinical positive into either a negative, after contacting you and seeing the script -or- if he doesn't hear from you he has to report it as positive. After 2 days the MRO contacts the company which usually sets off all kinds of alarm bells and red flags. The company may have decided to 'Never mind, we don't want him" and not tell you the MRO is looking for your butt. You can bet the MRO does have documentation of his call to the motor carrier.

After 1/5/2020 the MRI is also required to put it in the new federal clearinghouse.

YOUR ONLY WAY AROUND THAT IS TO GO TO A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONAL AND FOLLOW HIS PRESCRIBED PROGRAM INCLUDING PEEING NEGATIVE NUMEROUS TIMES.

This is on your dime!

Motor carriers must run you through the database and it says you are verboten.

Rescue your CDL and then go see a SAP ASASP ! ! !

 

With over 99% of people never questioning if procedure was followed, youd be surprised how many "professionals" violate policy...

If I was you id file a a court order to get the MRO to provide proof of who was contacted and in what time frame. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if policy was indeed not followed.

 

It is still the carrier's decision to hire anyone. The MRO procedures do set off concern with any motor carrier once they hear the MRO is looking for someone as it is quite common for someone with out a script -or- most likely pot where the is no Federal medical excuse to simply vanish.

The new database prevents people who test positive from going back to their old job with out any consequence hence the requirement for every carrier to run every driver once a year.

Hearing from the MRO and then receiving a negative result should be the end of the issue unless there are other indicators that this driver is not a good fit.

Some companies still use Psyche tests and credit checks and more in making their decisions.

 

Bro your taking this in a whole other direction. Im talking about OP's situation. Not talking about marijuana, clearing house, psyche test, or credit checks.

And usually you sign a contingent offer of employment and after OP quit his old job, moved or whatever and then the company decided not to hire him bc MRO broke procedures causing his new job to decide not to employee him, then that would be grounds for yet another lawsuit... But like i said im not talking about that.

All im saying is if OP came out positive for amphetamines and MRO didn't follow proper procedures for contacting him or his employer then I'd sue. Plain and simple. And also your part of the 99% who just ASSUME MRO did follow procedure. Im saying its VERY well possible MRO is a POS lazy mfer who in fact did not.

Did you even read/comprehend OP original post? You said, "hearing from MRO". He already said no one contacted him.

 

The OP was last on here July 11, 2019, just a little more than a year ago.

Probably been flippen burgers since then.

 

I know this thread is a year old but my question is.... Wouldn't you just carry a list of your prescriptions from your doctor? My husband is a plumber and if ever they are involved in an accident, they have to get a urine test done immediately. He carries the list with him and provides it to the location before ever taking the test just to make sure.

There was a company he worked for that "upgraded" and started doing 7 panel tests quarterly at random. He told him doctor and the doctor let him know which of his prescriptions would make him test positive, which were 3. Nothing popped on the test. The doc was SHOCKED and said that they needed to get a different facility to start testing for them.

 

When taking a DOT regulated test, prescriptions are not asked for. Only if there is a amount tested over the threshold then the MRO is to call the person tested.

 

There is a spot to list medications when taking the drug test/physical and I advise you list them.

People say not to mention it but this is false. What is supposed to happen is you list your medications on the medical form but that information is not supposed to be revealed to the lab facility that is doing the testing... Now if you leave off the medications on the form you fill out, im not sure how this effects the final outcome. I have not been able to find details about that on any government websites although I have not looked to hard. But what is clear is the procedures for contacting the person who comes out positive on a drug test.

 

Not on any drug test I've ever done.
Physicals do though.

 

You might be right about that. I can't say 100 percent for drug test bc I honestly don't remember. I usually do both at the same time. But I can say I remember going over drugs i listed with a doctor. This was probably during my medical physical. So your probably right.