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FMCSA

Record

DRUG & ALCOHOL Consent
CLEARINGHOUSE Query

Safety

FMCSA
QUERIES AND CONSENT REQUESTS

Beginning January 6, 2020, employers, or their designated THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF QUERIES:
consortium/third-party administrator (C/TPA), will be required to queries & Full
Limited
conduct queries to check if current and prospective employees queries
are prohibited from performing safety-sensitive functions, such
as operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), due to an All queries require driver consent;
the type of consent depends on the query type.
unresolved drug and alcohol program violation.

Query Type Reason for Consent Consent Responses and Query Results and Required
Query Requirements Required Actions Actions

LIMITED Annual check Outside the Consent refused No records found in the
QUERY on currently- Clearinghouse • Query cannot be Clearinghouse for queried
employed driver conducted driver
May be electronic • No action required
• Driver removed from
OR or wet signature Consent provided Records found in
safety-sensitive functions
FMCSA-MCE-19-018, September 2019 time range • Retain via paper or queried driver; full query
Ad hoc/periodic
Limited consent
the Clearinghouse for
form must specify
check on driver
needed
electronically in driver’s
• Full query must be
qualification file
conducted for violation
• Request limited query in
and/or return-to-duty (RTD)
the Clearinghouse
details to be released
• If full query is not conducted
within 24 hours, driver
is removed from safety-
sensitive functions, including
operating a CMV
FULL Pre-employment Electronically within Consent refused Prohibited
QUERY check on the Clearinghouse, • Employer notified of • If driver has a violation and
prospective for each full query refused consent no negative RTD test result,
driver for individual driver • Query cannot be driver is removed from
conducted safety-sensitive functions
OR
• Driver cannot perform/
Limited query removed from safety- Not Prohibited
returned records sensitive functions • If a driver has no violations,
found for queried or a violation and a negative
driver Consent provided RTD test result, no action
• Query conducted required
OR
• Full violation and/or RTD
Ad hoc/periodic details released, if any
check on driver

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