Your SAPlist U Continuing Ed Quiz

How long does an employee have to get to the collection site, once he/she has been notified of a random selection?

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?

In March 2005, Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) changed its name. It is now:

DOT’s of reasonable suspicion testing is not the usual one.
In DOT’s definition which of the following would NOT be the basis for a supervisor to order a reasonable suspicion test? (This question has more than one answer.)

As a SAP, you are contracted to provide an assessment for a railroad employee who had a positive random drug test. Your report of compliance includes a plan for four years of follow-up testing. The DER telephones you, and explains that their union agreement allows follow-up testing plan to be no longer than two years.

An employer is concerned about the cost of an employee’s follow-up testing plan, and asks you if there is anything he can do about it. What do you tell him?

What happens to an Karl’s follow-up testing plan when Karl is on a 3-month medical leave?

One of the transportation modes requires testing of an employees body tissue (kidney, liver, etc.) when that employee dies as a result of an accident. Which mode is that?

Every employer is required to contact an applicant’s previous employers in the previous two years. (40.25) Which of the following are exceptions to the 2-year requirement? (This question has more than one answer.)

A trucking company is either intrastate or interstate. What makes an employer to be an “interstate employer”?

Allen has worked for Allied Services for 7 years. In June he quit to find a new job. Two months later, unable to find a job at the same salary, he returns to Allied Services. Which of the following applies?

Who ultimately determines that an employee can be returned to safety-sensitive duty?

In the SAP Guidelines, p. 5 says that a SAP conducts a face-to-face evaluation of a client, “utilizing reliable alcohol and drug abuse assessment tools”. DOT has not specified which tools to use. Which of the following does DOT say is an “essential assessment tool to determine the correct course of treatment”?

You ordered follow-up testing for drugs only. A collection site mistakenly conducted a follow-up drug and alcohol test. The alcohol test, which shouldn’t have been conducted, was positive. What happens now?

Who is ultimately responsible and can be subject to fines in a federal audit, when a service agent (SAP, MRO, lab) provides services that are not compliant with the regulations?

A release for obtaining violation information from a previous employer must be signed by the employee, and:
(This question has more than one answer).

If an employee adds anything to a specimen of urine, the specimen is adulterated. Adulteration is a refusal to submit to testing. Who decides that this is a refusal?

An employee raises a ruckus in the collection site. The BAT asks the employee to leave the facility without being tested. The BAT then telephones the DER and reports what has just happened. The BAT makes notes on the Alcohol Testing Form, and faxes it to the DER. Who has the final authority to decide that this was a refusal?

DOT says that the person who is ultimately responsible for determining whether a SAP has the proper credentials, training, and meets DOT’s qualification requirements for providing SAP services is…

DOT has established special rules related to releases and consents. Which of the following parties is (are) not permitted to have an employee sign a consent, release of information, waiver of liability, or indemnification agreement? (This question has more than one answer).

One of the modes requires a pre-employment test when an employee has NOT been subject to random drug testing for at least 60 days of the last 185 days. Which mode is it?

What is a DER’s primary (most important) responsibility?

You are contracted by a SAP broker to be a SAP in their network. The contract specifies that you will be expected to use assessment instruments that you are not familiar with, you haven’t been trained on, and you have never used before. What do you do?

A SAP always has the authority to order follow-up testing for both drugs and alcohol, even though the violation was for only one substance. However, for certain employees it is a REQUIREMENT under the modal law. Which ones? (This question has more than one answer).