An employer falls under the jurisdiction of the FMCSA drug & alcohol testing program and must adhere to Clearinghouse regulations if either the employer or their employees:
- Hold a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), or a similar license issued by Mexico or Canada, and
- Operate a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) in any state.
A CMV is typically defined as a vehicle that meets one of the following criteria:
- Has a gross vehicle weight rating/gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight rating/gross combination weight of 26,001 pounds or more, or
- Is designed to carry 16 or more passengers (including the driver), or
- Regardless of size, is used to transport hazardous materials that require the vehicle to be placarded.
