** January 9th, 2020 Update, 8:00am PST : The Clearinghouse website is functional enough to get companies registered, however, there are other internal website issues that will not allow drivers to be registered, Queries to be performed, or positives/refusals to test to be added to the site. FMCSA announced that connecting the FMCSA Portal account to the Clearinghouse registration is NOT NEEDED at this time to have employers register to the Clearinghouse. Fleets that are not hiring drivers, or owner-operators, only have to worry about registering and eventually running the annual query (which can be done anytime in 2020). For fleets that are hiring in January, FMCSA recommends that for carriers do the normal DQ process of contacting "Inquiries of Past Employers" ... the procedures set forth in 49 CFR 391.23(e). If you have never done this DQ File process, CleanFleet can help. Once FMCSA has determined and announced that users are able to access the Clearinghouse, pre-employment queries must also be conducted as required by section 382.701(a).. **
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What this video walks through is temporarily NOT THE PROCESS as the FMCSA stopped the requirement to link the FMCSA Portal Account to the Clearinghouse. This may be updated in the future when websites stop crashing.
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- Setting up an FMCSA Portal Account
- Adding permissions in the FMCSA Portal Account to allow Clearinghouse to access the FMCSA Portal Account
- Then Registering to the Clearinghouse via the Clearinghouse Registration website
- *If a CleanFleet Consortium/TPA member, please select CleanFleet as your TPA and select the three boxes to allow us to use the Clearinghouse fully on your behalf*