In October 2026 the Food and Drug Administration has issued its final order removing the 510(k) premarket notification requirement for clinical toxicology test systems intended for use in Federal drug testing programs. The order took effect immediately upon publication in the Federal Register. "For years the science was proven, and the industry was ready, but a regulatory carve-out stood in the way. Today's order eliminates the largest barrier to laboratory and industry ad

Truck driver Nathan Weidert has submitted a petition for rulemaking to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to prevent off-duty driver notifications of random drug screens. Current regulations do not "prohibit an employer from notifying a driver of his/her selection for a random controlled substances test while the driver is in an off-duty status," according to this Q&A about FMCSA guidance. Weidert's petition for the change follows his own experience of a former

HHS urged to move on oral fluid drug testing A group of lawmakers urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take action to allow oral fluid drug testing for federally-regulated workplace drug testing programs. Oral fluid testing was approved for use in 2023, yet no laboratory has been able to achieve certification because of regulatory barriers at the Food and Drug Administration, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The group