Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse detects nearly 8,000 violations since Jan. 6

From Transport Topics.

Nearly 8,000 substance abuse violations have been detected and identified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse since it went live Jan. 6, the agency announced Feb. 21.

The Clearinghouse, a database containing information on commercial driver license holders’ drug and alcohol violations, first went live last month but displayed error messages and experienced sluggish loading times. Although minor glitches remain on the website, users say it’s performing its primary objectives.

The Clearinghouse so far has more than 650,000 registrants, the agency said.

The drug and alcohol violations recorded in the database include pre-employment tests, random tests, reasonable suspicion tests, post-crash tests and refusals to submit to a test.

Carriers and their third-party administrators, state driver licensing agencies, law enforcement officials, medical review officers, and substance abuse professionals are authorized to use the Clearinghouse to check for a CDL holder’s violations.

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