**Subpart D - Collection Sites, Forms, Equipment and Supplies Used in
DOT Urine Collections**

**§ 40.43   What steps must operators of collection sites take to
protect the security and integrity of urine collections?**

\(a\) Collectors and operators of collection sites must take the steps
listed in this section to prevent unauthorized access that could
compromise the integrity of collections.

\(b\) As a collector, you must do the following before each collection
to deter tampering with specimens:

\(1\) Secure any water sources or otherwise make them unavailable to
employees (e.g., turn off water inlet, tape handles to prevent opening
faucets);

\(2\) Ensure that the water in the toilet is blue;

\(3\) Ensure that no soap, disinfectants, cleaning agents, or other
possible adulterants are present;

\(4\) Inspect the site to ensure that no foreign or unauthorized
substances are present;

\(5\) Tape or otherwise secure shut any movable toilet tank , or put
bluing in the tank;

6\) Ensure that undetected access (e.g., through a door not in your
view) is not possible;

\(7\) Secure areas and items (e.g., ledges, trash receptacles, paper
towel holders, under-sink areas) that appear suitable for concealing
contaminants; and

\(8\) Recheck items in paragraphs (b)(1) through (7) of this section
following each collection to ensure the site\'s continued integrity.

\(c\) If the collection site uses a facility normally used for other
purposes, like a public rest room or hospital examining room, you must,
as a collector, also ensure before the collection that:

\(1\) Access to collection materials and specimens is effectively
restricted; and

\(2\) The facility is secured against access during the procedure to
ensure privacy to the employee and prevent distraction of the collector.
Limited-access signs must be posted.

\(d\) As a collector, you must take the following additional steps to
ensure security during the collection process:

\(1\) To avoid distraction that could compromise security, you are
limited to conducting a collection for only one employee at a time.
However, during the time one employee is in the period for drinking
fluids in a "shy bladder" situation (see §40.193(b)), you may conduct a
collection for another employee.

\(2\) To the greatest extent you can, keep an employee\'s collection
container within view of both you and the employee between the time the
employee has urinated and the specimen is sealed.

\(3\) Ensure you are the only person in addition to the employee who
handles the specimen before it is poured into the bottles and sealed
with tamper-evident seals.

\(4\) In the time between when the employee gives you the specimen and
when you seal the specimen, remain within the collection site.

\(5\) Maintain personal control over each specimen and CCF throughout
the collection process.

\(e\) If you are operating a collection site, you must implement a
policy and procedures to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering
any part of the site in which urine specimens are collected or stored.

\(1\) Only employees being tested, collectors and other collection site
workers, DERs, employee and employer representatives authorized by the
employer (e.g., employer policy, collective bargaining agreement), and
DOT agency representatives are authorized persons for purposes of this
paragraph (e).

\(2\) Except for the observer in a directly observed collection or the
monitor in the case of a monitored collection, you must not permit
anyone to enter the urination facility in which employees provide
specimens.

3\) You must ensure that all authorized persons are under the
supervision of a collector at all times when permitted into the site.

\(4\) You or the collector may remove any person who obstructs,
interferes with, or causes a delay in the collection process.

\(f\) If you are operating a collection site, you must minimize the
number of persons handling specimens.