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  • Feb 23, 2012, 10:01 AM
    gkatherine36
    Employment verification
    I was out the night before and I was drinking. I went to work the following evening and I was called off my route for a Radom dot drug and alcohol screening. The test came back positive for alcohol only. The levels where not high enough to charge me with a d.u.I. However they did discharge me for the small amount found in my urine because of the policy I was discharged from my position. I applied for another driving position with a different company and when they requested my verification of employment with the previous company they told them I was discharged for a positive dot, the company is exempt from dot policies they don't require your dot because it isn't needed to drive for that company and therefore a release of such information is not within the company policies. However the companies that I wish to apply for does require a dot back ground check. I don't have anything negative on my actual dot back ground. Can this company give out any medical back information without my consent as a verification of employment to the companies that I have recently applied too?
  • Feb 23, 2012, 10:30 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by gkatherine36 View Post
    Can this company give out any medical back information without my consent as a verification of employment to the companies that I have recently applied too?

    Hello g:

    If it WAS medical information, you'd have an argument... But, you weren't discharged for medical reasons, and the company can tell that to anyone.

    excon
  • Feb 23, 2012, 10:38 AM
    ballengerb1
    Alcohol in your urine is not a medical record. Only health care providers are required to follow HIPAA laws. The Privacy Rule

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