The playbook · Edition 039

Running a C/TPA: from registration to the steady-state week

The step-by-step playbook behind FMCSA has been free to halve trucking’s drug testing since January 2025.

What is inside

1. The one-page conclusion
2. Phase A · Standing it up
3. Phase B · The first paying client
4. Phase C · The steady-state week
5. The query rule: the detail behind $1.25
6. The pool rule: what 382.305 actually requires
7. After a name is drawn: the chain, and where you must stand aside
8. Record retention
9. Supply chain: laboratory, MRO, collection sites
10. What every client must hold
11. Who is responsible for what
12. Risk and the long watch
13. Cost, timeline and break-even
14. Launch checklist
15. Not yet verified
16. Sources