FDA Eases Path for Oral-Fluid Testing

Federal actions could advance oral-fluid drug testing for truck drivers, but lab certification delays and marijuana rescheduling questions remain.

Federal agencies have taken steps that could help bring new drug-testing options to trucking. But fleets are still waiting to put them to work.

Recent federal actions could move oral-fluid drug testing closer to use by trucking fleets, but employers still cannot use it to meet Department of Transportation drug testing requirements for safety-sensitive workers such as truck drivers.

The Food and Drug Administration eased requirements for certain testing systems in October. Separately, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed updates to oral-fluid testing guidelines and confirmed that no laboratories had yet been certified to perform the tests.

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