# What collection information must employers provide to collectors?

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- **citation:** 49 CFR 40.14
- **title:** What collection information must employers provide to collectors?
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2026-08-18
- **summary:** As an employer, or an employer's service agent—for example a C/TPA, you must ensure the collector has the following information when conducting a specimen collection for you:

(a) Full name of the employee being tested.

(b) SSN or Employee ID No.

(c) Laboratory name and address (can be pre-printed
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As an employer, or an employer's service agent—for example a C/TPA, you must ensure the collector has the following information when conducting a specimen collection for you:

(a) Full name of the employee being tested.

(b) SSN or Employee ID No.

(c) Laboratory name and address (can be pre-printed on the CCF).

(d) Employer name, address, phone number, and fax number (can be pre-printed on the CCF at Step 1-A).

(e) DER information required at § 40.36.

(f) MRO name, address, phone number, and fax number (can be pre-printed on the CCF at Step 1-B).

(g) The DOT Agency which regulates the employee's safety-sensitive duties (the checkmark can pre-printed in the appropriate box on the CCF at Step 1-D).

(h) Test reason, as appropriate: Pre-employment; Random; Reasonable Suspicion/Reasonable Cause; Post-Accident; Return-to-Duty; and Follow-up.

(i) Whether the test is to be observed or not (see § 40.67 of this part).

(j) (Optional) C/TPA name, address, phone, and fax number (can be pre-printed on the CCF).

(k) Specimen type to be collected (i.e., oral fluid or urine).

[75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010, as amended at 88 FR 27637, May 2, 2023; 89 FR 51983, June 21, 2024]
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