Drug & Alcohol Testing Consortium

The Drug & Alcohol Testing Consortium was formed by the member governments of Triangle J as a mechanism to administer and comply with federally-mandated drug and alcohol testing requirements for some local government personnel. The regulations require that alcohol and drug tests are administered to local government employees holding commercial drivers licenses.

The following are the types of tests required by the regulations:

• random testing
• pre-employment
• post-accident
• reasonable suspicion
• return-to-duty testing

The consortium was formed by the member governments to primarily assist the smaller governments. Many of these governments only have 2-5 employees who fall under the required regulations. The consortium provides an economy of scale in providing a larger testing pool, reducing test rates and training costs, as well as providing a central administrative function.

Representatives of the consortium are safety officers, personnel directors, police chiefs, and others from the member governments.

Working with Triangle J and the third party administrator, each member government has developed a program which meets its individual needs. Since Triangle J formed the consortium, many other councils of governments in the state have replicated the program to provide a similar service to their members.