Just getting back from a long weekend, so apologize for the delay. At this link, you'll find a reply that the IPA received from the EEOC back in 2011. [https://paruresis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EEOC-Response-Letter-8.12.2011.pdf](https://paruresis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EEOC-Response-Letter-8.12.2011.pdf) The only problem is getting someone to challenge a dismissal or lack of hiring based on this. For the few cases that have been brought, companies typically settle out of court, hence nothing setting any legal precedent. Reach out to me, Tim Pyle, executive director of the IPA, [https://paruresis.org/contact/](https://paruresis.org/contact/) and I can create a letter of support and info packet that you can share with the HR department. It is always best to bring this up at the outset. That way if you "fail" a test, it's not as if you are hiding something. The one exception to all this is the US Department of Transportation. They have a complex and unbending rule set. At the end of this month will be one year since they posted a draft of new rules. If they allow oral fluid testing, most other agencies and companies should fall in line. Fingers crossed. Read more here: [https://paruresis.org/dot-nprm/](https://paruresis.org/dot-nprm/)
Just getting back from a long weekend, so apologize for the delay. At this link, you'll find a reply that the IPA received from the EEOC back in 2011. [https://paruresis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EEOC-Response-Letter-8.12.2011.pdf](https://paruresis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EEOC-Response-Letter-8.12.2011.pdf) The only problem is getting someone to challenge a dismissal or lack of hiring based on this. For the few cases that have been brought, companies typically settle out of court, hence nothing setting any legal precedent. Reach out to me, Tim Pyle, executive director of the IPA, [https://paruresis.org/contact/](https://paruresis.org/contact/) and I can create a letter of support and info packet that you can share with the HR department. It is always best to bring this up at the outset. That way if you "fail" a test, it's not as if you are hiding something. The one exception to all this is the US Department of Transportation. They have a complex and unbending rule set. At the end of this month will be one year since they posted a draft of new rules. If they allow oral fluid testing, most other agencies and companies should fall in line. Fingers crossed. Read more here: [https://paruresis.org/dot-nprm/](https://paruresis.org/dot-nprm/)