Carriers with drivers who require a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) need driver supervisors who are trained on alcohol misuse and drug use. They must be familiar with signs of probable misuse. This is an important first step in keeping unsafe, impaired drivers off the road. The Reasonable Suspicion Training curriculum is designed to help learners understand when a driver may be sent for testing and what to do after testing is required.
Trained driver supervisors should follow the five-step process of observing, confirming, documenting, testing, and addressing test results when reasonable suspicion exists.
Reasonable Suspicion Training: Testing Process is designed to help driver supervisors understand and follow the required process for reasonable suspicion testing.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the requirements for proper observation
- Recognize who must confirm suspicion and how it's done
- Discuss the documentation process
- Explain how testing is arranged and handled
- Recognize how to properly address testing results
The J. J. Keller Reasonable Suspicion Training: Testing Process program covers the following topics:
The 5-Step Process
- Observation
- Who Must Observe
- How to Observe
- Confirmation
- Who Must Confirm
- How to Confirm
- Rules for Alcohol Tests
- Drug Testing
- Documentation
- Capture Specific, Contemporaneous, and Articulable Actions
- How to Document
- Who Should Sign
- Practice Filling Out the Observed Behavior Record Forms
- Testing
- Make Arrangements
- Follow the Process
- Notify Others
- Refusal to Test
- Actual Knowledge
- Self-Admission Policy
- Test Results
- Results of Non-DOT Test
- Timing of Results
- Negative Tests
- Failed Alcohol Tests
- Failed Drug Test
- When an SAP List is Provided
- Record Retention
Regulations Covered: 49 CFR Part 382
Intended Audience: Supervisors of drivers requiring commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs)
Languages: English or Spanish
Copyright Date: 2023
Course Length:
- Online Course Length: 10 Minutes English/11 Minutes Spanish
- Video Program Running Time: 12:37 English/15:42 Spanish
Product Codes:
- Online Course - English: 68681
- Online Course - Spanish: 68682
- Video Program - English: 68711
- Video Program - Spanish: 68712
