Just got your DOT authority? Here's everything you need.
Your MC number is active — now the clock starts. Before you can legally haul, you need a BOC-3, UCR, a drug & alcohol consortium, FMCSA Clearinghouse registration, a written policy, supervisor training, a pre-employment test, a DOT physical, and an MVR. Most new carriers chase five or six different vendors for this. Vertical Identity does all of it in one place — so you can get on the road.
After your DOT/MC authority is granted, you need ten-plus separate compliance items in place before you can run — and most providers only sell you one of them. Vertical Identity is the single provider that files your BOC-3 and UCR, enrolls you in a DOT drug & alcohol consortium, registers you with the FMCSA Clearinghouse, and handles your policy, supervisor training, pre-employment test, DOT physical, MVR, and driver qualification file — one company, one portal, published prices.
The alternative is stitching together a BOC-3 specialist, a separate UCR filer, a consortium, a Clearinghouse service, and a clinic — five logins, five invoices, five chances for something to lapse. You're trying to book loads, not manage vendors. We keep you compliant so you stay on the road.
11 things a new authority needs — and Vertical Identity covers every one
Each item below is federally required (or required to activate and keep your authority). Tap any one to see the full details — or just enroll and we set them up together.
BOC-3 process agent filing
49 CFR Part 366 — required for interstate authority
✓ Vertical Identity: Blanket coverage in all 50 states + D.C. — filed for you.
Details →UCR registration
Unified Carrier Registration Act — required annually
✓ Vertical Identity: Annual UCR filed for your fleet size; we track the renewal window.
Details →DOT drug & alcohol testing consortium
49 CFR 382.305 — single-driver O/Os must join a consortium
✓ Vertical Identity: Random pool enrollment with a same-day Certificate of Enrollment.
Details →FMCSA Clearinghouse registration + queries
49 CFR 382.701 — register, designate a C/TPA, run queries
✓ Vertical Identity: C/TPA designation included with membership; pre-employment full + annual limited queries handled in your portal.
Details →Written drug & alcohol policy
49 CFR 382.601 — required, distributed to every driver
✓ Vertical Identity: A personalized DOT D&A policy — included with consortium enrollment, no upsell.
Details →Supervisor / DER reasonable-suspicion training
49 CFR 382.603 — required (an owner-op is their own DER)
✓ Vertical Identity: One course satisfies the DOT supervisor reasonable-suspicion requirement.
Details →Pre-employment DOT drug test
49 CFR 382.301 — a clean result before any safety-sensitive duty
✓ Vertical Identity: SAMHSA-certified lab, MRO-verified, Clearinghouse-reported.
Details →DOT physical + medical card
49 CFR 391.41 — required before driving
✓ Vertical Identity: Ordered through a nationwide examiner network.
Details →Driving record (MVR)
49 CFR 391.25 — at hire and every 12 months
✓ Vertical Identity: Per-state MVRs in all 50 states, in the same portal.
Details →New entrant safety audit prep
Required within your first 12 months of operation
✓ Vertical Identity: A New Entrant Safety Audit guide — included free with consortium enrollment.
Details →Driver Qualification File management
49 CFR Part 391 Subpart B — the file an auditor asks for first
✓ Vertical Identity: We keep each driver’s DQF complete and current so you’re audit-ready year-round.
Details →One provider. One portal. One company that actually answers the phone.
Vertical Identity has run the full drug-testing and compliance lifecycle since 2014 — we file the BOC-3, register the UCR, run the consortium and Clearinghouse, and keep your driver files audit-ready. When a New Entrant Safety Audit lands in your first year, your records pull from one place instead of five.
Enroll online in about five minutes and get your Certificate of Enrollment the same day.
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