Alcohol Screening Test Commercial Vehicles (49 CFR part 382) Policy Term Definition


An analytic procedure to determine whether an employee may have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in a breath or saliva specimen.

  1. Has gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds (11,794 or more kilograms) inclusive of a towed unit with a gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds (4,536 kilograms); or
  2. Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds (11,794 or more kilograms); or
  3. Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including driver; or
  4. Is of any size and is used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C.5103 (b)) and which requires the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations, 49 CFR part 172, Subpart F.
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