{"id":5934,"date":"2021-06-24T09:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T09:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:03:42","slug":"when-do-you-need-a-substance-abuse-professional-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/when-do-you-need-a-substance-abuse-professional-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"When do you need a Substance abuse professional in your life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/\"><strong>sap substance abuse professional<\/strong><\/a> is an advocate for neither the employer nor the worker. Their recommendations protect the general public safety if the worker returns to the performance of safety-sensitive functions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A DOT recognized drug abuse Professional must be one among the following:<\/li>\n<li>A licensed physician (Doctor of drugs or Osteopathy)<\/li>\n<li>A licensed or certified caseworker<\/li>\n<li>A licensed or certified psychologist<\/li>\n<li>A licensed or certified employee assistance professional<\/li>\n<li>An alcohol and substance abuse counsellor **<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This program includes information on the nine required content areas designated in DOT Section 281(c) of Part 40. Content areas include a summary of the DOT drug and alcohol testing program, the drug and alcohol testing rules, and key DOT drug testing requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT DOES An SAP DOT?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SAP&#8217;s fundamental responsibility is to supply a comprehensive face-to-face assessment and clinical evaluation to determine the level of assistance the worker needs to resolve problems related to alcohol use or prohibited drug use. The SAP then recommends a course of education and\/or treatment with which the worker must demonstrate successful compliance before returning to DOT safety-sensitive duty.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment recommendations can include but aren&#8217;t limited to In-patient treatment, partial in-patient treatment, out-patient treatment, education schemes, and aftercare. Education recommendations can include but aren&#8217;t limited to bona find drug and alcohol education courses, self-help groups, and community lectures. Upon determining the simplest recommendation for assistance, the SAP will function as a referral source to help the employee enter a suitable program.<\/p>\n<p>Before the employee&#8217;s return to safety-sensitive duties, the SAP will have a face-to-face follow-up evaluation with the worker to work out if the individual has demonstrated successful compliance with recommendations of the initial evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>This evaluation must be accomplished before an employer can consider the worker for return to safety-sensitive functions. Therefore, the evaluation serves to supply the employer with assurance that the worker has made appropriate clinical progress sufficient to return to duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sap substance abuse professional is an advocate for neither the employer nor the worker. Their recommendations protect the general public safety if the worker returns to the performance of safety-sensitive functions. A DOT recognized drug abuse Professional must be one among the following: A licensed physician (Doctor of drugs or Osteopathy) A licensed or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/when-do-you-need-a-substance-abuse-professional-in-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When do you need a Substance abuse professional in your life?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[546,547,542,537,538,550,562,566,564,539,557,570,30,32,33,34,554,552,556,544,41,563,42,47,540,48,559,49,50,553,555,551,568,560,132,54,55,541,56,543,561,565,548,569,61,567,549,545,558],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-albany","tag-alpharetta","tag-athens-clarke-county","tag-atlanta","tag-augusta-richmond-county","tag-brookhaven","tag-canton","tag-carrollton","tag-chamblee","tag-columbus","tag-dalton","tag-decatur","tag-douglasville","tag-duluth","tag-dunwoody","tag-east-point","tag-evans","tag-gainesville","tag-hinesville","tag-johns-creek","tag-kennesaw","tag-lagrange","tag-lawrenceville","tag-mableton","tag-macon-bibb-county","tag-marietta","tag-martinez","tag-mcdonough","tag-milton","tag-newnan","tag-peachtree-city","tag-peachtree-corners","tag-pooler","tag-redan","tag-rome","tag-roswell","tag-sandy-springs","tag-savannah","tag-smyrna","tag-south-fulton","tag-statesboro","tag-stockbridge","tag-stonecrest","tag-sugar-hill","tag-tucker","tag-union-city","tag-valdosta","tag-warner-robins","tag-woodstock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5934"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacsatlanta.com\/aacs-atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}