Sec. 226. DRUG TEST RESULTS STUDY
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## SEC. 226 DRUG TEST RESULTS STUDY **[**[49 U.S.C. 31306 note](/us/usc/t49/s31306)**]** ###
(a)In General The Secretary shall conduct a study of the feasibility and merits of— ####
(1)requiring medical review officers or employers to report all verified positive controlled substances test results on any driver subject to controlled substances testing under part 382 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, including the identity of each person tested and each controlled substance found, to the State that issued the driver's commercial driver's license; and ####
(2)requiring all prospective employers, before hiring any driver, to query the State that issued the driver's commercial driver's license on whether the State has on record any verified positive controlled substances test on such driver. ###
(b)Study Factors In carrying out the study under this section, the Secretary shall assess— ####
(1)methods for safeguarding the confidentiality of verified positive controlled substances test results; ####
(2)the costs, benefits, and safety impacts of requiring States to maintain records of verified positive controlled substances test results; and ####
(3)whether a process should be established to allow drivers— #####
(A)to correct errors in their records; and #####
(B)to expunge information from their records after a reasonable period of time. ###
(c)Report Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study carried out under this section, together with such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate. * * * * * * * **[**Section 228 was transferred to subchapter III of chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code and redesignated as section 354 of such title by section 8(a) of Public Law 108–168, 117 Stat. 2034.**]**
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- Pub. L. 108-168
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