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49 CFR 40.295: May employees or employers seek a second SAP evaluation if they disagree with the first SAP's recommendations?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 49—Transportation
- Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation
- PART 40—PROCEDURES FOR TRANSPORTATION WORKPLACE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAMS
- Subpart O—Substance Abuse Professionals and the Return-to-Duty Process
(a) As an employee with a DOT drug and alcohol regulation violation, when you have been evaluated by a SAP, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation in order to obtain another recommendation.
(b) As an employer, you must not seek a second SAP's evaluation if the employee has already been evaluated by a qualified SAP. If the employee, contrary to paragraph (a) of this section, has obtained a second SAP evaluation, as an employer you may not rely on it for any purpose under this part.
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