The Designated Employer Representative is the carrier-side contact who receives test results and makes day-to-day program decisions. The Substance Abuse Professional handles return-to-duty cases.
DOT 49 CFR Part 40 applies to safety-sensitive CDL drivers automatically. Non-CDL drivers are not federally covered — but most carriers extend the same rules to non-CDL operators as a matter of policy.
Pick the language(s) for the exported policy. Bilingual mode renders each section twice (English first, then Spanish). The verbatim regulatory text has been translated using established FMCSA Spanish terminology, but should be reviewed by a Spanish-speaking compliance professional before customer use.
Pick the color used for headings, audience labels, and accents in the exported policy. Match your customer's logo or operation.
Select states where the carrier has non-CDL drivers. State drug-free-workplace acts and recreational-cannabis carve-outs will be appended as addenda.
Every FMCSA-regulated carrier with CDL drivers must have a written drug and alcohol testing policy under 49 CFR Part 382, and drivers must receive it and sign for it. It is one of the first documents an investigator asks to see, and a missing or unsigned policy is a finding before anyone looks at a test result.
A usable policy covers who is subject to testing, the six testing reasons (pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty, and follow-up), what happens after a positive or a refusal, the Clearinghouse queries you run, and how the driver gets to a Substance Abuse Professional. This builder writes that language around your operation and puts your company name on it.
Also build your driver safety manual, return-to-work program, and driver finishing program.
Policy documents, not legal advice.