Direct Observation Rule Coming Soon...

The United States Court of Appeals has upheld the DOT rule requiring all Return-to-Duty and Follow-up collections be performed using the new Direct Observation rules. This ruling ends the legal challenge to the rule. The DOT must now issue a Final Rule in the Federal Register to implement the new rule. Until that time, the use of Direct Observation procedure for Return-to-Duty and Follow-up collections continues to be at the employer's option.