Do SAPs really get audited?
Yes. When DOT audits an employer, the auditors will certainly review SAP reports. (Without a final SAP report of compliance, the employee cannot be considered to return to safety-sensitive function.) The SAP report must include the SAP’s phone number, and the auditor might decide to inspect the SAP’s records. The auditor might talk to the SAP by phone. The auditor might also go directly to the SAP’s office, ask to see credentials, ask to see training documentation, and may ask to review some of the SAP’s DOT client files. The auditor requires no authorization from any of those clients. The SAP would be expected to make the files immediately available.
