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All participating owners have agreed to abide by one of our DCC policies, but they can also customize their programs with their own site-specific requirements. This program flexibility eliminates the need for contractors to participate in more than one program.

For example, Person A was hired by Contractor X and is tested by one of the TPAs. Later the same worker is hired by Contractor Y that uses a different TPA. Does the person need to be tested again? How is the TPA aware that the worker is already in the NASAP pool? The worker will stay “Active” on the NASAP database if he/she does not miss a random test or tests non-negative regardless of who the worker’s employer is. Contractor Y must do a NASAP look-up to see if Person A is in the database and discern their status. Person A does not have to be re-tested unless the database shows the individual is “Inactive”. It is the responsibility of the employer to call the TPA to determine why the person in “Inactive”.

NASAP stands for The North American Substance Abuse Program. The database is maintained by the Health And Safety Council in conjunction with other approved Third-Party Administrators, TPAs.

To provide a safe and substance-free contractor workforce while protecting employee rights and privacy. NASAP includes a process for rehabilitation and keeps individuals that test positive from moving between contractor companies without successfully completing an approved rehabilitation program.

The NASAP reduces the unnecessary testing redundancy that now exists for many contractors, thereby reducing the overall administrative costs for both owners and contractors. As the number of participating employees increases, pre-employment or pre-access testing will be greatly reduced. Additionally, contractors will have a choice of who administers the NASAP for them. Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) will have to earn the business and perform to keep it.

Experienced, highly qualified, independent Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) will manage the NASAP program. Third-Party Administrators will be audited annually.

TPAs will administer the NASAP for participating employees of their contractor clients. Administration includes notification of required tests, specimen collections & testing, database management, medical reviews, referrals to substance abuse professionals for rehabilitation and maintaining status information for employees.

Additionally, TPAs train appropriate contractor employees that will be involved in administering the substance abuse program.

TPAs will report employee statuses to the Houston Area Safety Council and will coordinate with other TPAs as employees transfer to other employers.

The contractor should discuss with their TPA the collection facilities the contractor would like to use. The TPA will contact the collection facilities to discuss the procedures for handling the specimen.

The Health And Safety Council maintains the NASAP database.

TRMA provides a drug-screen look-up function for contractors and manufacturers through the Virtual Safety Council. The Virtual Safety Council is the same software through which contractors order background checks, register for training, check training history, etc.

1. Establishing a business relation with a NASAP TPA.

2. Having employees sign a one-time Global Release form and sending these to the selected TPA.

3. Ensuring that employees are active in the NASAP database by doing a drug screen look-upbefore sending workers for substance abuse testing and/or the worksite. (Note: manufacturers may use gate-check procedures to ensure NASAP eligibility. Non-eligible employees will be denied access.)

Ongoing compliance includes conducting random and other required tests per the TPA, ensuring that Contractor employee rosters are updated to the TPA at least monthly upon TPA request, ensuring that employees new to the NASAP have signed global consent forms sent to the TPA, etc.

The Global Release form is good for 5 years. However, some the new TPA may require a new form be signed.

There are 2 different ways to do a NASAP look-up: through the TRMA online system or through the Contractor’s TPA website. Only “active” or “inactive” status will be displayed on the TRMA online system. When doing a NASAP look-up through the Contractor’s TPA website more information may be displayed including the test results, dates, “Authoritative TPA”, etc.

The employer needs to check with the facility representative to determine if the facility requires a NASAP test for employees covered by the DOT program. Some facilities require both tests while others accept the DOT test depending on the duties the worker will be performing at the site.

Social Security Numbers are required since employees are tracked from employer to employer. The NASAP database follows all state and federal laws and follows acceptable security standards.

Check with the host facility to discuss the procedure for foreign nationals.

EPCC stands for “Exploration and Production Contractors Consortium” and is one of the various programs managed through the DCC. The EPCC operates under a policy that contains different guidelines and requirements than other DCC programs.

The DCC manages employee screening for contractor companies, keeping them compliant with individual owner policies. DISA administers DCC programs, which include drug and alcohol testing, background check and training services. The DCC provides expert specimen collection, laboratory, and MRO services, as well as random pool management, compliance and audit assistance and program reporting.

The primary objective of the DCC is to assist the contractor members and owners in maintaining a safe and productive workplace. This is achieved by keeping contractors compliant with individual owner requirements through standardized employee screening processes that are consistent, objective, manageable, and fair.

A participating contractor is a contractor company who works on participating owner job sites and who has enrolled in the DCC to comply with an owner’s employee screening policy requirements.

Your DOT employees may be covered under the same account number through a separate DOT policy that meets all federal regulations.