Intrastate steel hauling

Show up Monday at the start time and request detention pay

 

Yup, sounds like the company is legit.

Badges?! We don't need no stinking badges...

 

You answered your own question, intrastate.

 

Clearinghouse and DOT drug/alcohol testing rules still apply to intrastate CDL vehicle operation. 382.103 makes no distinction between interstate and intrastate commerce and every state is required to adopt 49 CFR Part 382 and 383 with only minor exceptions allowed for farmers, agricultural or governmental operations.

Florida, since that is where the OP is from, specifically adopts Part 382 into Florida law at Title 23, Chapter 316 as below:
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316.302 Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations; transporters and shippers of hazardous materials; enforcement.—
(1)(a) All owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are operated on the public highways of this state while engaged in interstate commerce are subject to the rules and regulations contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382-386 and 390-397.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are engaged in intrastate commerce are subject to the rules and regulations contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382-386 and 390-397, as such rules and regulations existed on December 31, 2023.

It sounds like this company is not following the rules, or perhaps they plan to do the drug stuff on day 1 and not have the OP drive until later in the week.

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§ 382.103 Applicability.
(a) This part applies to service agents and to every person and to all employers of such persons who operate a commercial motor vehicle in commerce in any State and are subject to:

(1) The commercial driver's license requirements of part 383 of this subchapter;

(2) The Licencia Federal de Conductor (Mexico) requirements; or

(3) The commercial drivers license requirements of the Canadian National Safety Code.

(b) An employer who employs himself/herself as a driver must comply with both the requirements in this part that apply to employers and the requirements in this part that apply to drivers. An employer who employs only himself/herself as a driver shall implement a random alcohol and controlled substances testing program of two or more covered employees in the random testing selection pool.

(c) The exceptions contained in § 390.3T(f) of this subchapter do not apply to this part. The employers and drivers identified in § 390.3T(f) of this subchapter must comply with the requirements of this part, unless otherwise specifically provided in paragraph (d) of this section.

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§ 382.701 Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
(a) Pre-employment query required.

(1) Employers must not employ a driver subject to controlled substances and alcohol testing under this part to perform a safety-sensitive function without first conducting a pre-employment query of the Clearinghouse to obtain information about whether the driver has a verified positive, adulterated, or substituted controlled substances test result; has an alcohol confirmation test with a concentration of 0.04 or higher; has refused to submit to a test in violation of § 382.211; or that an employer has reported actual knowledge, as defined at § 382.107, that the driver used alcohol on duty in violation of § 382.205, used alcohol before duty in violation of § 382.207, used alcohol following an accident in violation of § 382.209, or used a controlled substance, in violation of § 382.213.

(2) The employer must conduct a full query under this section, which releases information in the Clearinghouse to an employer and requires that the individual driver give specific consent.

 

How'd it turn out? Personally, if I knew a company had good equipment and would pay me, I'd go to work and let them worry about their responsibilities regarding compliance. Not my headache.

 

Exceptions Where a Test May Be Skipped
A new pre-employment test is not legally required if the employer verifies that the driver meets the criteria under 49 CFR § 382.301(c): [1]

• The driver has been participating in a DOT-compliant drug testing program for the previous 30 days.
• The driver was tested within the past 6 months, or participated in a random testing program for the previous 12 months, and no prior employer has records of drug/alcohol rule violations. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

 

My job started out first few days getting all the paperwork and tests done. Didn’t actually get in a truck even to ride along for a few days once that was all done. Doesn’t seem that strange to me.