US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Substance Abuse Expert Qualification Training and Examination

Course Availability

Home Study

CE Broker #: 10-1047364
CE Credits: 20.00

Online Course

CE Broker #: 10-1047364
CE Credits: 20.00

Revised February 2012

This is the qualification training and examination for professionals wishing to provide evlautions for covered employees under 10CFR Part 26 (US NRC Fitness for Duty Program)) who have alcohol and drug testing violations and other substance abuse fitnes for duty concerns.

Please read the entire description below before purchasing to make sure you have the appropriate professional license to take this course.

If you are renewing your SAE credential and are still within the 3 year timeframe slect the US NRC Substance Abuse Exert Renewal course. If your SAE credential has lapsed take this course.

Description: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and commercial nuclear power industry has published regulations about the potential public health and safety impacts of fitness-for-duty (FFD) problems at nuclear power plants and other facilities that handle nuclear material. Licensees are required to implement programs to address FFD problems including illegal drug use, alcohol abuse, misuse of legal drugs, and any other mental or physical problems that could impair job performance. The events of 9/11 also highlighted a need to strengthen the NRC’s requirements for granting unescorted access to protected and vital areas in nuclear facilities. These changes in the context within which the nuclear industry operated, and others, resulted in a very long and complex rulemaking process that produced the new rule. The new rule, (10 C.F.R. Part 26) outlines responsibilities for Substance Abuse Experts who provide substance abuse assessments as part of the fitness-for-duty program.

Eligible professionals* who wish to qualify as Substance Abuse Experts (SAEs) must meet training and examination requirements. Section 12.187(10 C.F.R) states that to be eligible to qualify to perform substance abuse evaluations for employees, who violate NRC drug and alcohol prohibitions, Substance Abuse Experts must have the appropriate credentials.

(*The eligible credentials include licensed physicians, licensed or certified social workers, licensed or certified psychologists, licensed or certified employee assistance professionals, or an alcohol and drug abuse counselor certified by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Certification Commission or by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium/Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (ICRC). Further to be eligible these professionals must have demonstrated expertise in substance abuse assessment and treatment.)

Objectives:

(1) Participants will be able to describe the background, rationale, and scope of the NRC FFD regulations.

(2) Participants will be able to distinguish the key drug testing requirements of the NRC FFD regulations including specimen collection, laboratory testing, MRO review, and problems in drug testing.

(3) Participants will be able to describe key alcohol testing requirements of the NRC FFD regulations including specimen collection, the testing process, and problems in alcohol tests.

(4) Participants will be able to implement SAE qualifications and prohibitions.

(5) Participants will be able to describe the role of the SAE in making determinations of fitness and the return-to-duty process, including the initial evaluation, referrals for education and/or treatment, the follow-up evaluation, continuing treatment recommendations, and the follow-up testing plan

(6) Participants will be able to implement procedures for SAE consultation and communication with LOEs, MROs, and treatment providers.

(7) Participants will be able to perform reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the NRC FFD regulations.

(8) Participants will be able to identify and discuss issues that SAEs confront in carrying out their duties under the NRC FFD regulations

Agenda

Hour One: Section One: Pretest and Course Overview

Hour Two: Administrative Provisions - Subpart A

Hour Three: Program Elements - Subpart B

Hour Four: Granting & Maintaining Authorization - Subpart C

Hour Five: Management Actions and Sanctions to be Imposed - Subpart D

Hour Six: Collecting Specimens for Testing - Supbart E

Hour Seven: Licensee Testing Facilities - Subpart F

Hour Eight: Laboratories Certified by the Department of Health and Human Services - Subpart G

Hour Nine: Determining Fitness-for-Duty Policy Violations and Determining Fitness - Subpart H

Hour Ten: Managing Fatigue - Subpart I

Hour Eleven: FFD Programs for Construction - Subpart K

Hour Twelve: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements - Subpart N

Hour Thirteen: Inspections, Violations, and Penalties - Subpart O

Hour Fourteen: Section Three: 10 C.F.R. Part 26

Hour Fifteen: 10 C.F.R. Part 26

Hour Sixteen: 10 C.F.R. Part 26

Hour Seventeen: 10 C.F.R. Part 26

Hour Eighteen: Qualification Examination

Hour Nineteen: Qualification Examination

Hour Twenty: Qualification Examination

CE Credits: 20

CE Broker #s: OL 20-256311 10-1047364

Purpose: To prepare eligible professionals to perform SAE duties under 10 C.F.R. Part 26.

Methods: Online and Home Study: Study guides, pretest, posttest, Q&A by email. Live classes are offered under individual contract.