DOT SAP Evaluation in Montana — 10 Providers Listed

Montana is long distances and few towns: I-90 through Billings, Bozeman, Butte and Missoula, I-15 up through Great Falls to the Canadian border, and I-94 east to the Bakken. Grain, cattle, coal and oil field loads are the work, and a driver in the eastern half of the state is often hours from any SAP's office. This page lists 10 providers in Montana, 2 of which say on their own website they perform DOT SAP evaluations, with offices in Billings and Great Falls. The other 8 listings are for treatment or testing, which you may need later in the process, not for the evaluation itself.

The SAP process itself is federal — 49 CFR Part 40, Subpart O — so nothing about it changes at the Montana line. Where Montana does come in is the CDL: the Montana Motor Vehicle Division removes the commercial privilege from a driver the Clearinghouse reports as prohibited — a 60-day requirement on every state since November 18, 2024 (FMCSA) — and puts it back when your status clears.

Video evaluations count in Montana. The rule that allows them (49 CFR §40.291) is federal, and the only state question is whether the SAP's license reaches a driver sitting in Montana; ask before you book. A SAP across the line in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho 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.