{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-046","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, ODAPC)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance","authority":"49 C.F.R. part 40; DOT enforcement discretion","instrument":"DOT COVID-19 Drug \u0026 Alcohol Testing Statement of Enforcement Discretion for Substance Abuse Professionals and Service Agents (Apr. 4, 2020; updated June 17, 2020; Sept. 22, 2020; Dec. 9, 2020; and May 27, 2021)","title":"DOT COVID-19 Drug \u0026 Alcohol Testing Statement of Enforcement Discretion for SAPs and Service Agents, as updated May 27, 2021 (extended through Dec. 31, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-05-27","effective":"2021-05-27 (continuing the policy in force since Apr. 4, 2020)","end":"2021-12-31 (\u0022effective through December 31, 2021\u0022)","startDate":"2021-05-27","endDate":"2021-12-31","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["DOT-regulated employers and service agents"],"clause":"\u0022April 4, 2020; updated June 17, 2020; September 22, 2020; December 09, 2020; and May 27, 2021. On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC) provided guidance about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency on DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements for employe[rs, employees, and service agents]....\u0022 The policy, first \u0022effective through June 30, 2020,\u0022 is now \u0022effective through December 31, 2021.\u0022 DOT \u0022is providing this flexibility for service agents who cannot meet their re-qualification requirements by their respective due dates due to restrictions imposed by Federal, State and local authorities, and health agencies related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.\u0022","enforcement":"49 C.F.R. part 40","functions":["HR testing programs of every DOT-regulated employer","WF","OP"],"notes":"Documents the unbroken chain of COVID-19 enforcement-discretion statements from Apr. 4, 2020 through Dec. 31, 2021, in force on every day of Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2021-05/DOT_Statement_of_Enforcement_Discretion_SAPs_and_Service_Agents_05272021.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20211018052813/https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2021-05/DOT_Statement_of_Enforcement_Discretion_SAPs_and_Service_Agents_05272021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":109821,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-046","citation":"U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, DOT COVID-19 Drug \u0026 Alcohol Testing Statement of Enforcement Discretion for Substance Abuse Professionals and Service Agents (Apr. 4, 2020; updated June 17, 2020; Sept. 22, 2020; Dec. 9, 2020; and May 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-046)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-21-GM-008"]}