FMCSA & Compliance
Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
The FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse is a federal database of drug and alcohol program violations for CDL drivers. Carriers must run a full query before hiring a driver and a limited query at least once a year for every employed driver; unresolved violations bar that driver from operating a commercial vehicle.
The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse is an FMCSA-operated database that stores drug and alcohol program violations for CDL drivers. Motor carriers are required to run a full pre-employment query before hiring a driver and a limited query at least annually for every driver currently employed. Failed pre-employment queries and unresolved violations disqualify a driver from operating a commercial motor vehicle. Fleegital automates Clearinghouse consent, queries, and annual limited-query renewals.
Why it matters for recruiting and operations
A failed Clearinghouse query is an automatic hard stop in hiring, so running it early in prescreening saves recruiters from investing time in an applicant who can't legally be put in a truck. Missing the required annual limited query on current drivers is also a common audit finding, making Clearinghouse tracking a recurring compliance task, not a one-time hiring step.
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