Why is my employee not showing on my roster?
A DOT employee must be added to your roster via pre-employment test or DOT roster transfer. If neither has taken place, please send the employee for the DOT urine drug screen or submit the DOT transfer roster to DISA’s compliance department. A Non-DOT employee must be added to your roster via pre-employment/pre-access test or membership verification. If neither has taken place, please send the employee for the NON-DOT urine/alcohol drug screen or login to www.DISA.com to process a membership verification.
Why did the test purpose change?
If you requested a pre-employment test and it changed to pre-access, the employee already held a status in the specific policy. Once an applicant has a status in DISA for a DCC policy, they no longer require pre-employment screens. If your company needs the test to reflect pre-employment our Client Support department can assist with updating it.
Who should be the contact person in our company responsible for receiving information from DISA?
The contact person (DER/Communicator) should be an employee who has the authority to receive all confidential information. We recommend that a minimum of two employees be assigned as communicators (primary and backup).
What is the objective of the DCC?
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.
What are Contractor responsibilities under the NASAP?
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.
How is NASAP affected when a worker changes contractor companies?
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”.
Why did my employee’s status change to “Inactive Retest” after completing a random test?
A donor may receive an “Inactive Retest” status for one of the following reasons:
- SSN might have been different than what we have in the system.
- Driver’s license number may have been used instead of the SSN.
- Employee may have tested on the wrong chain of custody (COC) or under the wrong policy.
- Employee may have tested outside of the random program window.
- Employee tested within the last days of the selection window and the test may still be in the analyzation process.
Why did the alcohol result not merge with the drug test if the employee completed the collection during the same visit?
If the alcohol form does not have the policy ID listed the test sometimes will not merge and must be manually merged. IF the Client ID is not listed on the alcohol form it may be pending in our unprocessed forms section.
Are my Department of Transportation (DOT) employees covered under the DCC?
Your DOT employees may be covered under the same account number through a separate DOT policy that meets all federal regulations.
What is the DCC?
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.
What is the role of the Three Rivers Manufacturers’ Association (TRMA) in NASAP?
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.
What about the different standards (requirements) of individual owners?
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.
Why do I get a random audit report?
The random audit report summarizes the random program progress for the selection period. This notice is generated even if the random selections are fulfilled.
Why does a clinic not show up when I place an eCCF order?
If the clinic does not offer eCCF they will not show up as an option when placing an eCCF order. You must select eCCF under offerings when locating a collection site.
What about the drug policy I now have in place?
The DCC in no way limits your own company policy and procedures. DISA can also administer your company policy separate from your DCC policy.
What is the EPCC?
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.
What is the role of the Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) in NASAP?
The Houston Area Safety Council maintains the NASAP database.
How does Online Bill Pay impact clients currently paying with credit card?
If you are a client that has either been phoning in, faxing, or emailing a credit card payment, you can continue to do so your you may go online to pay. DISA Finance does not have to be notified of the payment method change.
Some of our clients have elected to have a credit card on file with DISA. It is automatically charged once per month for any invoices from the prior billing cycles. This option is called “AutoPay”. If you would like to enroll in autopay please be sure to contact DISA Finance at 281-673-2470.
What is a “Mis-Marked Random” report?
This is a report that is used to ensure tests are assigned the appropriate test purpose. We recommend that you review the report regularly. If employees are listed who were not truly selected for random then we will need to know the correct reason for test. If employees were selected for random and appear on this report, the employee and policy information will need to be verified and confirmed so random credit can be applied.
How long does a drug test result take?
Processing time for test results is 24-72 hours from the time the lab receives the specimen.