DOT SAP Evaluation in Michigan — 7 Providers Listed

Michigan's trucking is the auto industry's supply chain: parts and finished vehicles on I-75, I-94 and I-96 around Detroit, Flint and Lansing, and the Ambassador Bridge to Windsor, the busiest commercial crossing on the U.S.-Canada border. Grand Rapids and the west side add food and furniture freight. We list 7 providers for Michigan on this page, 1 of which says on its own website it performs DOT SAP evaluations, with offices in Troy. The other 6 listings are for treatment or testing, which you may need later in the process, not for the evaluation itself.

Michigan 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. The state's part is the CDL itself. Since November 18, 2024 (FMCSA), the Michigan Department of State must downgrade the license of a driver in prohibited status within 60 days, and it is the office that restores the commercial privilege after a negative return-to-duty test.

A remote evaluation is accepted in Michigan 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 Michigan. A SAP across the line in Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin is also an option, in person or by video, under the same licensing question. The one step that always needs a collection site is the observed return-to-duty test; everything up to it can often be done from home.