Historical textIn force on Dec. 17, 2017Source: eCFR
§ 40.85 What drugs do laboratories test for?
Wording effective November 13, 2017, superseded January 1, 2018.
49 CFR § 40.85 — What drugs do laboratories test for?. Text in force on December 17, 2017. This wording effective November 13, 2017 to January 1, 2018. Source: eCFR as of December 17, 2017, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2017-12-17/title-49/section-40.85. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/40.85?asof=2017-12-17, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
Link to an amendment published at 82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017.
As a laboratory, you must test for the following five drugs or classes of drugs in a DOT drug test. You must not test “DOT specimens” for any other drugs.
(a) Marijuana metabolites.
(b) Cocaine metabolites.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) Opiate metabolites.
(e) Phencyclidine (PCP).
Amendment history
5 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2001- [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 75 FR 49862, Aug. 16, 2010; 77 FR 26473, May 4, 2012; 82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017. Redesignated and amended at 88 FR 27643, May 2, 2023]
- [82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017]
- [82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017]
- Oct. 1, 2001 → Nov. 13, 2017annual editions 2001–2016
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.