49 CFR § 382.411 - Employer notifications.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s382.411"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 382.411 - Employer notifications."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "382.411"
section_name: "Employer notifications."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "382"
part_name: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ALCOHOL USE AND TESTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 31133, 31136, 31301 , 31502; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 43103, Aug. 17, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "382"
---


# 382.411 Employer notifications.

(a) An employer shall notify a driver of the results of a pre-employment controlled substances test conducted under this part, if the driver requests such results within 60 calendar days of being notified of the disposition of the employment application. An employer shall notify a driver of the results of random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident tests for controlled substances conducted under this part if the test results are verified positive. The employer shall also inform the driver which controlled substance or substances were verified as positive.

(b) The designated employer representative shall make reasonable efforts to contact and request each driver who submitted a specimen under the employer's program, regardless of the driver's employment status, to contact and discuss the results of the controlled substances test with a medical review officer who has been unable to contact the driver.

(c) The designated employer representative shall immediately notify the medical review officer that the driver has been notified to contact the medical review officer within 72 hours.