Your SAPlist U Continuing Ed Quiz

What information is a SAP required to report to the Clearinghouse? (This question has more than one answer. Check all that apply).

Which of the following are true about the reports that the MRO sends to an employer:

A Medical Review Officer obtains additional information from the driver’s dentist that gives him reason to downgrade a positive result to a negative. How soon must the MRO report this change on the Clearinghouse?

When is an employer required to query a CDL driver’s information on the Clearinghouse? (This question has more than one answer. Check all that apply.)

You are a Substance Abuse Professional. You are retiring and closing down your practice. What do you do with the files of your DOT clients?

Situation:
In the application process, Sue is asked if she has tested positive while working for a previous employer. Sue admits to having a positive test almost two years ago. She said that she completed a SAP process, but that the employer she was working for has since gone out of business. She signed a release form, which was then mailed to the last known address of her previous employer, but the form was returned as undeliverable. Sue has no copies of the SAP reports and she can’t remember who the SAP was.

Who can enter a driver’s violation on the Clearinghouse? (This question has more than one answer. Check all that apply).

A driver tells a SAP that he will not follow the SAP’s treatment recommendation, and that he will wait until the violation has been removed from the Clearinghouse. What is the statute of limitations that will determine when this violation will be removed? (This question has more than one answer. Check all that apply).

Which of these does an employer report on the Clearinghouse? (This question has more than one answer. Check all that apply.)

Mary Lou is a school bus driver. She has been removed from safety-sensitive functions after she tested positive for drugs. Her employer’s policy allows her to perform non-safety-sensitive functions until she has completed a SAP return-to-duty process. Which of the following tasks is she permitted to do? (This question has more than one answer).

One of the transportation modes tests security personnel who carry firearms. Which mode is it?

You recommended 4 weeks of IOP. The employee has completed 2 weeks. With no income, he is having serious financial problems. You reported compliance, so he could return to work, on the condition that he complete his program. He had a negative return-to-duty test, and returned to work. The treatment provider called you to tell you that he had dropped out of treatment the day after he returned to work. What do you do?

Becky’s test result is non-negative, with a high quantitation of THC. The MRO calls Becky’s home phone number and her work number. The message on both phones indicates that Becky is out of town and she will not be returning until next week.