Our local DOT drug and alcohol testing centers are located in Blue Hills CT and the surrounding areas providing DOT drug testing, DOT alcohol testing and DOT physicals for all DOT modes regulated by Part 40. Same day service is available at our Blue Hills CT DOT drug testing facilities and most of our DOT drug testing locations are within minutes of your home or office.
What type of DOT Testing is required?
Coastal Drug Testing provides DOT pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion and return to duty testing at our Blue Hills CT DOT drug testing centers.
If you hold a CDL license, a large, medium or a small trucking company, Coastal Drug Testing has a complete DOT compliance package which includes all the requirements to comply with CFR 49 part 40.
All Coastal Drug Testing DOT drug testing centers utilize SAMHSA Certified laboratories and a licensed Medical Review Officer as required by DOT part 40 regulations.
The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) requires that all DOT regulated "safety sensitive" employees have a negative DOT pre-employment drug test result on file and be actively enrolled in a DOT approved random drug and alcohol random testing pool (consortium).
In addition, if a DOT regulated company has more than one "safety sensitive" employee, the employer must also have a written DOT drug and alcohol policy along with an on-site supervisor that must have completed a reasonable suspicion supervisor training program.
On the road and need a DOT Drug or Alcohol test? No Worries!
To be compliant with DOT regulations, a company's DOT drug and alcohol testing program must have the following components:
- Employee Drug Testing
- Written Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Supervisor Training
- Substance Abuse Referral
- Employee Education
- Random Selection Program
- Post Accident Testing
- Designated Employer Representative
- Federal Chain of Custody Forms
- Part 40 Regulations on File
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has specific drug and alcohol testing requirements for the all transportation modes all DOT agencies.
Our modes included are:
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Are You Enrolled in a DOT Consortium?
Individuals who are employed in a position designated as "safety sensitive" must be actively enrolled in a random drug and alcohol testing program. Oftentimes, covered employees will join a group of other DOT regulated employees in a random testing program and this is referred to as a DOT Consortium. Generally, an employer who has less than fifty employees or single operators will join the consortium which will comply with the random drug and alcohol testing requirements of 49 CFR Part 40. Employers that have over 50 employees who are regulated by Part 40 may elect to be enrolled in a "stand alone" random testing pool.
The DOT consortium is cost effective and complies with all requirements of 49 CFR Part 40 which mandates that all "safety sensitive" employees be enrolled in a random drug and alcohol testing program.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has strict regulations requiring regulated companies and independent operators (CDL License Holders) to be an active member of a DOT drug and alcohol Consortium and failure to comply with these regulations can result in significant fines and other DOT sanctions.
We are fully versed in the DOT procedures for pre-employment drug testing, random drug testing, reasonable suspicion drug testing, post-accident drug testing, return to duty drug testing and follow up drug testing.
DOT regulated companies with multiple safety sensitive employees must also have an employee within the company who is assigned as the "designated employer representative" (DER). This is the person responsible for removing any DOT "safety sensitive" employee who is covered by 49 CFR Part 40 from performing a DOT safety sensitive position when a positive drug or alcohol test result has occurred or an employee has refused to take a required DOT test.
If you have recently become a DOT regulated company, within the next 18 months the Department of Transportation (DOT) will conduct a "new entrant" inspection to ensure that you are in compliance with all DOT regulations including the drug and alcohol testing requirements. If you are currently a DOT regulated company, you are subject to regular inspections to ensure compliance.
Avoid DOT fines, penalties and be complaint with all DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations! Coastal Drug Testing can assist small, medium and large DOT companies in complying with all requirements of 49 CFR Part 40.
DOT Drug Testing Locations in Blue Hills CT
2800 TAMARACK DR STE 105 1.1 miles
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 6074
100 DEERFIELD RD STE 2 2.4 miles
WINDSOR, CT 6095
1000 ASYLUM AVE STE 4302 2.8 miles
HARTFORD, CT 6105
21 Woodland St, 3.0 miles
Hartford, CT 6105
701 MAIN ST 4.2 miles
EAST HARTFORD, CT 6108
400 WASHINGTON ST 4.4 miles
HARTFORD, CT 6106
1060 DAY HILL RD 4.6 miles
WINDSOR, CT 6095
1080 DAY HILL RD STE 201 4.6 miles
WINDSOR, CT 6095
381 Hopmeadow Street, 6.5 miles
Simsbury, CT 6089
465 Silas Deane Highway, 7.1 miles
Wethersfield, CT 6109
28 MAIN ST 7.1 miles
EAST HARTFORD, CT 6118
2800 TAMARACK RD STE 1 7.3 miles
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 6074
365 WILLARD AVE STE 28 7.4 miles
NEWINGTON, CT 6111
2928 MAIN ST 7.5 miles
GLASTONBURY, CT 6033
2 Concorde Way, Building 3A, 7.6 miles
Windsor Locks, CT 6096
375 E CEDAR ST 8.0 miles
NEWINGTON, CT 6111
334 Ella T Grasso Turnpike Suite 275 8.2 miles
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT 6096
339 W MAIN ST 8.4 miles
AVON, CT 6001
131 New London Turnpike, 8.4 miles
Glastonbury, CT 6033
256 N MAIN ST 8.9 miles
MANCHESTER, CT 6042
1260 SILAS DEANE HWY 9.0 miles
WETHERSFIELD, CT 6109
555 Main Street, 9.5 miles
Manchester, CT 6040
224 HARTFORD TPKE 10.4 miles
VERNON, CT 6066
2257 SILAS DEANE HWY STE 3 10.4 miles
ROCKY HILL, CT 6067
45 S Main St, 10.5 miles
Unionville, CT 6085
7 Mill Pond Rd 10.9 miles
Granby, CT 6035
972A W MAIN ST 11.5 miles
NEW BRITAIN, CT 6053
40 Hart Street, Building C, 11.5 miles
New Britain, CT 6052
780 CHESTNUT HILL RD 11.5 miles
GLASTONBURY, CT 6033
1111 CROMWELL AVE BLDG 4 STE 403 11.8 miles
ROCKY HILL, CT 6067
440 NEW BRITAIN AVE 12.0 miles
PLAINVILLE, CT 6062
78 Pershing Drive 13.5 miles
Derby, CT 6416
240 EAST ST 13.5 miles
PLAINVILLE, CT 6062
975 FARMINGTON AVE 13.7 miles
BRISTOL, CT 6010
76 WOODSEDGE CT 13.7 miles
KENSINGTON, CT 6037
935 Farmington Avenue, 13.8 miles
Bristol, CT 6010
140 HAZARD AVE Ste 102 14.0 miles
ENFIELD, CT 6082
535 HAZARD AVE 15.1 miles
ENFIELD, CT 6082
13 MELLEN ST 15.7 miles
BRISTOL, CT 6010
1068 SHOEMAKER LN 17.2 miles
FEEDING HILLS, MA 1030
28 CRESCENT ST 18.0 miles
MIDDLETOWN, CT 6457
200 MERROW RD 18.0 miles
TOLLAND, CT 6084
400 Saybrook Rd, 18.9 miles
Middletown, CT 6457
534 SAYBROOK RD Ste 700 19.2 miles
MIDDLETOWN, CT 6457
816 Broad Street, Ste 22, 19.4 miles
Meriden, CT 6450
1933 E Main St, 19.5 miles
Torrington, CT 6790
1598 E MAIN ST 20.0 miles
TORRINGTON, CT 6790
200 N MAIN ST 20.1 miles
EAST LONGMEADOW, MA 1028
1064 E MAIN ST STE 301 20.1 miles
MERIDEN, CT 6450
75 SPRINGFIELD RD 20.6 miles
WESTFIELD, MA 1085
311 East Main Street 20.8 miles
Westfield, MA 1085
333 KENNEDY DR STE 202 21.0 miles
TORRINGTON, CT 6790
233 CAREW ST 21.5 miles
SPRINGFIELD, MA 1104
1515 ALLEN ST 21.7 miles
SPRINGFIELD, MA 1118
780 Chestnut St, 21.8 miles
Springfield, MA 1107
430 Cooley Street 21.9 miles
Springfield, MA 1128
900 NORTHRUP RD 22.8 miles
WALLINGFORD, CT 6492
506 FROST RD 23.8 miles
WATERBURY, CT 6705
28 S MAIN ST 24.1 miles
CHESHIRE, CT 6410
1703 MAIN ST 24.3 miles
WILLIMANTIC, CT 6226
1233 MAIN ST 24.4 miles
HOLYOKE, MA 1040
140 CARANDO DR 24.5 miles
SPRINGFIELD, MA 1104
163 BROADWAY ST 24.7 miles
COLCHESTER, CT 6415
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Local Area Info: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans (also known as Trinbagonian Americans) are Americans of full or partial Trinidadian or Tobagonian ancestry or immigrants born in Trinidad and Tobago. The largest proportion of Trinidadians live in New York City and in other places such as South Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. There are more than 223,639 Trinbagonian Americans living in the United States of America.
Trinidadian and Tobagonian immigration to the United States, which dates back to the 17th century, was spasmodic and is best studied in relation to the major waves of Caribbean immigration. The first documented account of black immigration to the United States from the Caribbean dates back to 1619, when a small group of voluntary indentured workers arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on a Dutch frigate. The immigrants worked as free people until 1629 when a Portuguese vessel arrived with the first shipload of blacks captured off the west coast of Africa. In the 1640s Virginia and other states began instituting laws that took away the freedom of blacks and redefined them as chattel, or personal property. Trinidad, like many other islands in the British West Indies, served as a clearinghouse for slaves en route to North America. The region also acted as a "seasoning camp" where newly arrived blacks were "broken-in" psychologically and physically to a life of slavery, as well as a place where they acquired biological resistance to deadly European diseases.
From 1966 to 1970, 23,367 Trinidadian and Tobagonian immigrants, primarily from the educated elite and rural poor classes, legally migrated to the United States. From 1971 to 1975, the figure climbed to 33,278. It dropped to 28,498 from 1976 to 1980, and only half that amount between 1981 and 1984, when the Reagan administration began placing greater restrictions on U.S. immigration policy. Less than 2,300 Trinidadian and Tobagonian immigrants arrived in 1984 and that number scarcely increased during President Reagan's second term of office. A few European-Trinidadians migrated during the latter half of the 20th century, primarily because they were losing their grip on political power in the Republic with the rise of nationalism and independence. The majority of those immigrants came to the United States because Britain had restricted immigration from the Commonwealth islands to the British Isles. A larger number migrated in the late 1980s when oil prices fell, sending the Republic into a deep recession. Trinidadians and Tobagonians are now the second largest group of English-speaking West Indian immigrants in the United States.