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. Instead of chasing 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. Vertical Identity files your BOC-3 and UCR, enrolls you in a DOT drug & alcohol consortium, acts as your C/TPA in the FMCSA Clearinghouse, and handles your policy, supervisor training, pre-employment test, DOT physical, MVR, and driver qualification file (DQF Pro, included with membership) — 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. DQF Pro driver files are included with the annual membership.
Details →FMCSA Clearinghouse registration + queries
49 CFR 382.701 — register, designate a C/TPA, run queries
✓ Vertical Identity: We're your C/TPA in the Clearinghouse at no charge — designate us yourself with our instructions, or choose Clearinghouse Enrollment Setup ($199) and we do it with you on a shared screen. Pre-employment full and annual queries are ordered per driver in your portal.
Details →Written drug & alcohol policy
49 CFR 382.601 — required, distributed to every driver
✓ Vertical Identity: A standard written DOT D&A policy — included with consortium membership.
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: Collection site near the driver, SAMHSA-certified lab, MRO-verified.
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 with consortium enrollment.
Details →Driver Qualification File management
49 CFR Part 391 Subpart B — the file an auditor asks for first
✓ Vertical Identity: DQF Pro, included with membership, builds each driver’s DQF at hire and keeps it 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 drug-testing and compliance lifecycle for more than 10 years — we file the BOC-3, register the UCR, run the consortium, act as your C/TPA in the Clearinghouse, and keep your driver files audit-ready with DQF Pro. 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.
- Annual membership: $85/year first driver, $25/year each additional, or $295/year unlimited
- The drug and alcohol testing program, with a same-day Certificate of Enrollment
- Your C/TPA in the Clearinghouse at no charge
- DQF Pro driver qualification files, included
- Tests and hiring checks ordered when you need them, at member prices
New-authority questions
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Get your new authority compliant.
One membership for the drug testing program and your driver files, plus every filing a new authority needs. Members sign in at members.verticalidentity.com/account.