Yvette Farnsworth Baker is Senior Legal Consultant and director for all law-related services at Current Consulting Group, including state drug testing laws and policy development.

Yvette is a licensed attorney and member of the Florida Bar. As an expert in drug and alcohol testing case law, Yvette regularly consults on issues involving state law and federal regulations in addition to authoring articles for industry publications.

She helps produce content for Current Compliance, Current Consulting Group’s comprehensive and up-to-date online database of state drug testing laws, including marijuana and workers’ compensation laws, available by subscription.

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In a recent conversation with a client, Brian Feeley, Current Consulting Group’s Vice President, predicted that between lab-based and rapid-result tests, 50-60% of all drug tests will be oral fluid in the not-too-distant future. Brian spent 26 years leading sales for OraSure Technologies, the number-one recognized brand name in lab-based oral fluid testing according to Current’s survey. He has devoted a large portion of his career to presenting oral fluid testing as an alternative to other drug testing methods. He has seen interest in oral fluid testing increase slowly but steadily during career… until 2019 when SAMHSA approved it, 2022 when DOT issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for oral fluid testing, 2023 when DOT issued its final regulations, and finally 2023 when 86% of drug testing providers in Current’s annual survey indicated they now offer oral fluid testing, up from 35% just five years ago.

In this episode of Currently Speaking, Bill Current and Brian Feeley discuss the state of oral fluid drug testing and what you need to know to implement this methodology today. This is the first in a series on oral fluid testing.