49 CFR §382.703
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- (a)No employer may query the Clearinghouse to determine whether a record exists for any particular driver without first obtaining that driver's written or electronic consent. The employer conducting the search must retain the consent for 3 years from the date of the last query.
- (b)Before the employer may access information contained in the driver's Clearinghouse record, the driver must submit electronic consent through the Clearinghouse granting the employer access to the following specific records:
- (1)A verified positive, adulterated, or substituted controlled substances test result;
- (2)An alcohol confirmation test with a concentration of 0.04 or higher;
- (3)A refusal to submit to a test in violation of § 382.211;
- (4)An employer's report of actual knowledge, as defined at § 382.107, of:
- (5)A SAP report of the successful completion of the return-to-duty process;
- (6)A negative return-to-duty test; and
- (7)An employer's report of completion of follow-up testing.
- (c)No employer may permit a driver to perform a safety-sensitive function if the driver refuses to grant the consent required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this section.
- (d)A driver granting consent under this section must provide consent electronically to the Agency through the Clearinghouse prior to release of information to an employer in accordance with § 382.701(a)(2) or (b)(3).
- (e)A driver granting consent under this section grants consent for the Agency to release information to an employer in accordance with § 382.701(c).