Why do I have to take multiple DOT exams and UA's

Welcome to trucking Steve.It's standard when you start a company you always have to retake physical mainy to make their insurance company satisfied.Say you drive for a company and quit in a month and start another company,you'll still have to take the physical as well as the drug test.You'll get use to it.

 

its the law. all compaines must require and pre hire drug test and physical. DOT requires this.

 

I have'nt read the new laws,it's always changing but some companies only require the drug test if you already have a recent med card.The smaller cheap poor equipment companies do anyway.

 

No test is universal and different policy for testing, it would be nice to just wizz once and be accessible but does not work that way.

 

In Landline magazine there was an article that mentioned starting May 21, 2014 we have to get a physical from a doctor who is listed on a registry that's approved by the DOT. Of course there will be lines of us waiting to get a physical since there will only be one doctor in a particular area. Seems like a legal monopoly.

 

It would be nice but too many would abuse it then.

 

Not sure how it could be abused but we all know some have nothing better to do than set around thinking of a way to get around the test.

I am with the OOIDA consortium and being random controlled I can be tested at any time so that is near impossible to get around, but something tells me they have people getting around it somehow.

 

You shouldn't be doing physicals or taking UA's unless you are attending an orientation for a company. If you are attending an orientation for a company then you should most likely be hired on and not attending any other orientations or filling out any more applications. Therefore the most physicals and UA's you should have done is two each. A physical and UA at your school and depending on the company you choose a UA and sometimes a physical during your orientation. That's it! There will be the occasional random UA while you are employed but that's standard.

 

Yea Carrier DOT reg requires all carriers to issue an intail pre employment drug test for all Commerical Drivers. now the phycial i some how deleted have of what i typed. the carrier is required to get a copy of a valid current phyical and/or long form. some companies just send you to get a new one while others will take your current one