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Post-Accident Testing Requirements

As soon as practicable, DOT Requires Drivers to be Drug & Alcohol Tested if there was a Fatality or the Driver is Cited for a Moving Violation and Either Vehicle is Towed from the scene or someone is Medically Evacuated from the scene.

  • DOT Regulations for Post-Accident Testing - Click Here

Drivers Must be Tested for Drug & Alcohol When:

  • Any Fatality
  • Medical Treatment away from Scene & Citation Issued 
  • Disabling Damage to any Vehicle & Citation Issued

Alcohol Testing

  • Drivers must be Tested within 2 Hours of the Accident
  • Drivers can not be Tested after 8 Hours of the Accident

Drug Testing

  • Drivers must be Tested within 32 Hours of the Accident
  • Drivers can not be Tested after 32 Hours of the Accident

Drug & Alcohol Testing Instructions

After-Hours Drug Testing

  • Members can use Out-of-Network sites that collect for Quest Diagnostics, using the Paper Quest Diagnostics Forms that Express Labs provides, if an In-Network Site is unavailable for After-Hours Drug Testing
  • Collection Fees are Not Included at Out-of-Network Collection Sites.  Express Labs charges $80 for Laboratory Drug Test Results & MRO Services at Out-of-Network Collection Sites
  • Out-of-Network Sites include: Concentra, Hospitals, Private Doctors, Most Urgent Cares & After-Hours Sites