DOT SAP Evaluation in Mississippi — 7 Providers Listed

Mississippi's freight follows I-55 through Jackson, I-20 through Meridian and Vicksburg, I-10 along the coast to the Port of Gulfport, and I-59 through Hattiesburg. The Nissan plant at Canton, the Toyota plant at Blue Springs and the timber and poultry industries put much of the state's CDL work on the road. We list 7 providers for Mississippi on this page, 2 of which say on their own website they perform DOT SAP evaluations, with offices in Jackson and Ridgeland. The other 5 listings are for treatment or testing, which you may need later in the process, not for the evaluation itself.

There is no Mississippi version of the SAP process. The return-to-duty steps are federal, set out in 49 CFR Part 40, and they are the same for a driver in Mississippi as for one anywhere else. What Mississippi controls is the license: the Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Driver Service Bureau 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi. A SAP across the line in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama is also an option, in person or by video, under the same licensing question. What cannot be done by video is the return-to-duty test itself, which is an observed collection at a collection site.