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From: Robert Swotinsky MD
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Date: 22 Nov 2006
Time: 16:59:33 -0800
Remote Name: 71.192.169.50
DOT does not prohibit storage of drug test records in electronic format.
ODAPC offers the following guidance about electronically stored records, as posted on its web site:
§40.333 09/01
QUESTION:
When records are stored and transferred electronically, how should they be made available to DOT representatives?
ANSWER:
 | The obligations of employers and service agents to make records available expeditiously to DOT representatives apply regardless of how the records are maintained. |
| All records must be easily and quickly accessible, legible, and formatted and stored in a well-organized and orderly way. |
| If electronic records do not meet these criteria, then the employer or service agent must convert them to printed documentation in a rapid and readily auditable way. |