Wash. Law Orders 3-Day Notice On Drivers’ Positive Drug Tests

(Michael James - TT) Washington's new truck driver drug-testing law goes into effect in June. These trucks are on east-west I-90 near Seattle.

Beginning June 13, trucking companies employing a driver with a Washington state commercial driver license must notify the state within three days if that trucker tests positive for drugs or alcohol.

The new law, which Gov. Gary Locke signed March 29, is the second of its kind in the nation. A similar law passed in Oregon in 2000.

Proponents of the Washington law say it has more enforcement power than Oregon’s statute. Oregon required that a positive drug test be noted on a trucker’s CDL record.

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