A look will be taken at the ways in which membership in a drug testing consortium can affect the overall wellness of a business and its employees. Attention will also be paid to the benefits of membership to a DOT drug testing consortium and the overall effect on the operation of a business.

A drug testing consortium is more or less a group or company that provides drug as well as alcohol testing, random testing as well as selection, specimen collection, onsite testing, mandatory training for supervisors as well as drug free policy development. This also applies to DOT drug testing consortium as well. There are quite a few companies out there that are well qualified to provide the full suite of programs to ensure that you and the employees of your company remain dot compliant at all times ( this is especially important in industries where transportation – whether it’s of goods of people) is involved.

Some of the services that a drug testing consortium will supply are: periodic random alcohol and drug testing, company notification of random selection, sap referral as well as total program management (this aspect is especially appealing to companies that are required to maintain DOT drug testing consortium membership as a part of the regulations they are required to follow at a state, federal and national level. Another aspect of the testing is that there is certified training available for supervisors which includes control substance abuse as well as alcohol misuse.

In the research that would have been done in the run-up to the selection of a drug testing consortium to develop, maintain and enforce whatever policy that is then to be developed by the company, you would come across the term SAP. All this means is a licensed doctor, social worker, psychologist, employee or drug abuse counselor that has the authority to evaluate as well as make observations on actions to be taken if an employee is found to be under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. This individual must be able to diagnose as well as treat substance abuse related problems, understand the SAP role as it relates to the needs of the organization, receive quality certified training in the role assigned/chosen, and must also complete 12 professional developmental hours of training every three years. In this aspect, membership in a DOT drug testing consortium is beneficial because membership includes the training and advisement of all management level persons who wish to or are selected for this role.

In any kind of deliberation where a drug testing consortium or DOT drug testing consortium is being considered, a few things need to be understood. The first thing is the fact that in a safety sensitive environment DOT compliance is all but mandatory in certain cases so you as the employer needs to be aware of what classification your business falls into. The second thing that needs to be remembered is that most companies will not of themselves be able or willing in some cases to develop their own policy as it relates to drug testing and alcohol testing. They would rather avail themselves of the services of a drug consortium.

For a drug testing consortium of approved DOT drug testing for your personal, business, or transportation needs, visit Drug testing consortium http://www.neweradrugtesting.com/ and DOT drug testing consortium http://www.neweradrugtesting.com/ to learn more.