DOT SAP Evaluation in Alabama — 7 Providers Listed

Alabama's CDL work runs up I-65 between Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville, across I-20/59 through Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, and along I-10 to the Port of Mobile. The auto plants around Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Lincoln and the steel and chemical loads out of Birmingham keep a lot of regional drivers on those roads. This page lists 7 providers in Alabama, 2 of which say on their own website they perform DOT SAP evaluations, with offices in Bessemer and Huntsville. The other 5 listings are for treatment or testing, which you may need later in the process, not for the evaluation itself.

Alabama does not write its own SAP rules; no state does. The evaluation, the education or treatment plan, the follow-up evaluation and the observed return-to-duty test come from 49 CFR Part 40 and apply identically in every state. What Alabama controls is the license: the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Driver License Division downgrades the CDL of a driver in prohibited status, as every state has been required to do since November 18, 2024 (FMCSA), and reinstates it once the Clearinghouse shows “not prohibited.”

A remote evaluation is accepted in Alabama because the federal rule permits it everywhere: a SAP may evaluate you by real-time video at their discretion (49 CFR §40.291), provided their own license lets them see a driver in Alabama. A SAP across the line in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi is also an option, in person or by video, under the same licensing question. The return-to-duty test cannot be remote: it is an observed collection, ordered by an employer or C/TPA, so plan for one trip to a collection site.