cfr_sections: 49:49:1.0.1.1.30.15.43.11
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| 49:49:1.0.1.1.30.15.43.11 | 49 | Transportation | A | 40 | PART 40—PROCEDURES FOR TRANSPORTATION WORKPLACE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAMS | O | Subpart O—Substance Abuse Professionals and the Return-to-Duty Process | 40.301 | § 40.301 What is the SAP's function in the follow-up evaluation of an employee? | DOT | 49 U.S.C. 102, 301, 322, 5331, 20140, 31306, and 54101 et seq. | 65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted. | [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 88 FR 27650, May 2, 2023] | (a) As a SAP, after you have prescribed assistance under § 40.293, you must re-evaluate the employee to determine if the employee has successfully carried out your education and/or treatment recommendations. (1) This is your way to gauge for the employer the employee's ability to demonstrate successful compliance with the education and/or treatment plan. (2) Your evaluation may serve as one of the reasons the employer decides to return the employee to safety-sensitive duty. (b) As the SAP making the follow-up evaluation determination, you must: (1) Confer with or obtain appropriate documentation from the appropriate education and/or treatment program professionals where the employee was referred; and (2) Conduct a clinical interview meeting the requirements of § 40.291(a)(1) with the employee to determine if the employee demonstrates successful compliance with your initial evaluation recommendations. (c) (1) If the employee has demonstrated successful compliance, you must provide a written report directly to the DER highlighting your clinical determination that the employee has done so with your initial evaluation recommendation (see § 40.311(d)). (2) You may determine that an employee has successfully demonstrated compliance even though the employee has not yet completed the full regimen of education and/or treatment you recommended or needs additional assistance. For example, if the employee has successfully completed the 30-day in-patient program you prescribed, you may make a “successful compliance” determination even though you conclude that the employee has not yet completed the out-patient counseling you recommended or should continue in an aftercare program. (d)(1) As the SAP, if you believe, as a result of the follow-up evaluation, that the employee has not demonstrated successful compliance with your recommendations, you must provide written notice directly to the DER (see § 40.311(e)). (2) As an employer who receives the SAP's written notice that the employee has not successfully complied with the SAP's recommendations, you must not return the employee to the performance of safety-sensitive duties. (3) As the SAP, you may conduct additional follow-up evaluation(s) if the employer determines that doing so is consistent with the employee's progress as you have reported it and with the employer's policy and/or labor-management agreements. (4) As the employer, following a SAP report that the employee has not demonstrated successful compliance, you may take personnel action consistent with your policy and/or labor-management agreements. |