Return-to-duty and SAP process

Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) evaluation, education, treatment, return-to-duty testing, and follow-up testing schedules.

A commercial driver has completed a SAP-recommended residential treatment program for cocaine use and has been determined by the SAP to be in successful compliance. The SAP provides a written report to the Designated Employer Representative (DER). The driver is eager to return to work, but the safety manager is concerned about the driver's previous safety record. How should the return-to-work decision be finalized?

A.The MRO must conduct a final fitness-for-duty evaluation to override any employer concerns.

B.The SAP's determination of successful compliance constitutes a mandatory fitness-for-duty certification that the employer must accept.

C.The employer has the sole discretion to decide whether to return the employee to safety-sensitive duties.

D.The employee is automatically entitled to resume safety-sensitive functions once the return-to-duty drug test is verified as negative.