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It is at your company’s policy discretion if the employee’s employment is to be terminated or the employee can be enrolled in a return-to-duty program. Once a positive drug or alcohol test has been resulted, these are the steps for the employee to return back to a DOT safety sensitive position:

A) Remove employee from safety sensitive position and from random pool selection process

B) Provide employee with a list of qualified SAPs: www.SAPlist.com

C) Terminate, suspend, or reassign employee

D) Employee contacts substance abuse professional (SAP) for enrollment in a substance abuse program

E) SAP does initial evaluation, treatment plan, and follow-up evaluation — all confidential; TPA does not archive

F) If returning to duty, a return-to-duty negative test must be on file

G) Follow-up testing as prescribed by SAP is implemented

H) Employer selects random unannounced test requirements, but it is not a random test. There is a minimum number of tests required, but the SAP can require additional testing for up to five years.

I) Typically on Return to Duty and Follow-up testing, both drug and alcohol tests are performed, but this is not required — the SAP might require it.