The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, ODAPC)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 49 C.F.R. part 40; DOT enforcement discretion
- Issued
- 2021-05-27 May 27, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-27 (continuing the policy in force since Apr. 4, 2020) (read as 2021-05-27)
- End
- 2021-12-31 ("effective through December 31, 2021") (read as 2021-12-31)
- In force
- May 27, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- DOT-regulated employers and service agents
- Functions reached
- HR testing programs of every DOT-regulated employer
- WF
- OP
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"April 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]...." The policy, first "effective through June 30, 2020," is now "effective through December 31, 2021." DOT "is 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."
Enforcement
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.
Retrieval noteThe Dec. 9, 2020 version is also archived at transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2020-12/.