{"id":50415,"date":"2020-07-06T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/?post_type=faqs&#038;p=50415"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:51:47","slug":"what-is-a-dot-40-25-background-check","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/faqs\/dot-drug-alcohol-testing-compliance\/what-is-a-dot-40-25-background-check\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a DOT 40.25 Background Check?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Employer Records Request (\u00a740.25)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All US DOT-regulated employers must make a good faith effort to obtain drug and alcohol testing records from other DOT-regulated employers, for all applicants seeking safety-sensitive positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the employer, you must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Obtain the applicant\u2019s written consent for release of information.<\/li><li>Submit the applicant\u2019s written consent along with a request for information to each DOT-regulated employer who has employed the applicant during any period within the previous two years. The following information must be requested:<ul><li>Alcohol tests with a result of 0.04 or higher alcohol concentration<\/li><li>Verified positive drug tests<\/li><li>Refusals to test (including verified adulterated or substituted drug test results)<\/li><li>Other violations of DOT agency drug and alcohol regulations<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Maintain a confidential written record of the information you obtain or of the good faith efforts you made to obtain the information. A good faith effort is demonstrated by making follow-up telephone calls or sending a reminder notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Ask the applicant if he\/she has failed or refused a DOT pre-employment test in the previous two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If yes, the applicant must provide documentation of successful completion of an SAP evaluation and prescribed treatment plan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are requested to provide information regarding a previous employee and the employee has provided written consent, you are required to provide the requested information. The information must be released in a confidential manner, and you must maintain a written record of the information released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the applicant has violated a DOT drug or alcohol regulation, you must obtain documentation of successful completion of the DOT return-to-duty process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prevvious-employer-check-form-40-74.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Use this form for 40.25 compliance and DOT previous employer checks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our website for more information on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/dot-compliance\/\">DOT Compliance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/50415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faqs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/50415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}