What Is the DOT Alcohol Testing Form?

The DOT Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) is the form used for every DOT alcohol test. Under 49 CFR 40.225(a), the ATF must be a three-part carbonless manifold form, and the form appears in the Part 40 appendix titled Alcohol Testing Form. That appendix describes it as the alcohol testing form required for use in the DOT alcohol testing program beginning January 1, 2011.

Under 40.225(b), the ATF may not be modified or revised except in these ways:

• Adding other information needed for billing purposes, outside the boundaries of the form
• Using an ATF generated directly by an EBT that omits the space for affixing a separate printed result, provided the EBT prints the result directly on the ATF
• Using an ATF with the employer's name, address and telephone number preprinted, and a C/TPA's name, address and telephone number may be included to assist with negative results
• Printing all pages on white paper, or using colored paper or clearly discernable borders or designation statements on Copy 2 and Copy 3, with green for Copy 2 and blue for Copy 3 when colors are used

Under 40.225(b)(5) and (6), a breath alcohol technician (BAT) or screening test technician (STT) may add the name of the DOT agency under whose authority the test occurred on the Remarks line, and may use an ATF with the technician's name, address and telephone number preprinted. Under no circumstances can the technician's signature be preprinted.

Under 40.225(c), an equivalent foreign-language version of the ATF approved by ODAPC may be used only in a situation where both the employee and the BAT or STT understand and can use the form in that language.

Where to obtain the form is covered in Where Can Employers Get the Federal CCF and DOT Alcohol Testing Form?, and the devices used in DOT alcohol tests are covered in What Devices Can Be Used for DOT Alcohol Tests?.

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