Clearinghouse Rule!

The whole drug test thing is a joke anyway. They give you almost 3 months to clean up before you have to take the test and if you don’t want to take it you can send an alternate

 

####ing government is a joke. Bunch of ########### that feed off of our hard labor. Bunch of parasites

 

It still is causing problems for me.

 

What I've learned.
As a CDL driver you are not required to register w the clearinghouse but will need to submit consent for the queries that are required annually by your motor carrier, or you as a o/o on yourself, and/or any potential carriers you may apply to.



Yes you are required to register as a motor carrier and pay ($1.25 per) to perform an annual inquiry on yourself, and any driver you employ.

In addition, the consent allows you to inquire of your own record.
My company will have a 3rd party firm do the required annual inquiries and need electronic authorization or cell # for this so our drivers will just open a gmail acct solely for this purpose...Gotta think there's drivers still running that don't do computers or smart phones.
I used my .Gov acct to register, and used my mailing address as preferred form of communication, but will not provide the 3rd party firm with anything but a one off email address so they can inform me of my annual inquiry results.
PIA

Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse -

 

Basically you are not required to register but are required to be registered because you cannot consent any way but electronically?

 

You are not required to register except...
1. New hire.
2. A hit on the yearly and need a full query,

For the yearly, you just need to sign a paper document the company tosses in your driver file. Of course with the turnover rate in this industry most people will have to in a couple years thinks to job hopping.