Our local DOT drug and alcohol testing centers are located in Flatwood AL 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 Flatwood AL 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 Flatwood AL 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 Flatwood AL
4452 US Hwy 231 4.7 miles
Wetumpka, AL 36092
1101 N COURT ST 4.7 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36104
4305 Atlanta Hwy 5.0 miles
Montgomery, AL 36109
1801 Pine St Ste 103 5.9 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
1725 Pine St 6.0 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
2921 ZELDA RD 6.4 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
4200 CARMICHAEL CT N 6.5 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
4191 CARMICHAEL RD 6.5 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
4142 CARMICHAEL RD STE A 6.5 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36106
440 TAYLOR RD STE 3100 6.6 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
4081 HIGHWAY 14 6.6 miles
MILLBROOK, AL 36054
34 Taylor Rd N 6.9 miles
Montgomery, AL 36117
347 SAINT LUKES DR 7.3 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
7213 Copperfield Drive, 7.4 miles
Montgomery, AL 36117
7020 SYDNEY CURV 7.5 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
5283 VAUGHN RD 7.9 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36116
4505 EXECUTIVE PARK DR 8.3 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36116
601 Northeast Bypass 8.4 miles
Montgomery, AL 36117
433 SAINT LUKES DR 8.4 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
6910 VAUGHN RD 8.6 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36116
2570 BERRYHILL RD 8.7 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
2936 MARTI LN 8.7 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36116
1965 COBBS FORD RD 9.2 miles
PRATTVILLE, AL 36066
660 MCQUEEN SMITH RD,SUITE G 9.2 miles
PRATTVILLE, AL 36066
11 CAMBRIDGE DR 9.4 miles
WETUMPKA, AL 36093
1595 E Main St 9.7 miles
Prattville, AL 36066
2815 East Blvd 10.0 miles
Montgomery, AL 36116
4725 MOBILE HWY 10.9 miles
MONTGOMERY, AL 36108
11123 Chantily Parkway 15.1 miles
PIKE ROAD, AL 36064
115 HERREN HILL RD 19.7 miles
TALLASSEE, AL 36078
805 FRIENDSHIP RD 21.2 miles
TALLASSEE, AL 36078
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Local Area Info: Frosted flatwoods salamander
The frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) is a small (9-13.5 cm total length), elongated species of mole salamander. It has a small, indistinct head, short legs, and a long, rounded tail. Typical coloration consists of a background of brownish- to purplish-black overlaid with narrow gray or silvery-white reticulations (net-like markings), bands, or diffuse spotting. The gilled aquatic larvae are distinctly colored, having a series of bold brown and yellow longitudinal stripes.
The frosted flatwoods salamander has a very narrow geographic distribution, occurring only in the southeastern coastal plain of the United States. It inhabits seasonally wet pine flatwoods and pine savannas east of the Apalachicola River in northern Florida, southern South Carolina, and southern Georgia. Prior to European settlement, it was most likely a common member of the fire-maintained longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)-wiregrass (Aristida spp.) community, which has since largely been replaced by urban development, agriculture, and pine silviculture. One published study documents the extirpation of a sizable breeding population as a result of a common silvicultural practice of converting natural pine forest to ditched and bedded slash pine plantation. Further degradation of remaining frosted flatwoods salamander habitat has occurred as a result of alteration of natural fire patterns. On conservation lands, a combination of winter prescribed fires and the suppression of natural summer wildfires has caused fire-maintained ephemeral wetland plant communities to shift to disappear. As a result of these ongoing land use activities, populations are now extremely small, discontinuous, and widely fragmented throughout the range. It is currently restricted to a handful of remaining sites in Florida and Georgia, and has an especially tenuous presence in South Carolina.
The frosted flatwoods salamander breeds in shallow, ephemeral ponds, generally characterized by an overstory of pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) and black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora) and a diverse understory of native grasses and herbs. Adult salamanders spend most of the year underground in burrows, especially those of crayfish, where they are presumed to feed on a variety of small invertebrates, but the few existing prey records are mostly earthworms. From September through December, adults migrate from surrounding upland habitats to their natal wetlands during rainfall events associated with passing cold fronts. Courtship occurs within dry pond basins or very shallow water, where the female accepts a spermatophore that has been deposited on the substrate by the male. Females may lay over 200 eggs eggs, placing them in small groups of 1-12, usually within carpets of herbaceous vegetation or in the entrances of crayfish burrows in the dry pond basin. Embryos develop quickly within the egg capsule and will hatch in response to inundation by rising water levels in the pond basins. The larval period lasts 11–18 weeks, with metamorphs leaving the breeding ponds in April to May. Sexual maturity is approximately 1–2 years for males and 2–3 years for females.