**Exhibit 10.17**

**EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT**

This Employment Agreement is entered into as of January 3, 2011(this “Agreement”), between Anthony Zezzo II (“Employee”) and OraSure Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to set forth the terms of their relationship and to enter into this Agreement and a confidentiality agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). 

NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties set forth below the terms and conditions of Employee’s relationship withthe Company. 

1. **Services.**

1.1 **Employment.** The Company agrees to employ Employee as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales of the Company, and Employee hereby accepts such employment in accordance with the terms andconditions of this Agreement. Employee shall begin his employment with the Company by January 3, 2011 or such earlier date as may be agreed to by the parties (“Employment Date”). 

1.2 **Duties.** Employee shall have the position named in Section 1.1 with such powers and duties appropriate to such office(a) as may be provided by the bylaws of the Company, (b) as otherwise set forth in Exhibit A attached to this Agreement, and (c) as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) from time totime. Employee’s primary place of work shall be the Company’s headquarters, at its present location in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, Employee’s position and duties may be changed andEmployee’s primary place of work may be relocated from time to time during the Term (as defined below) of this Agreement. 

1.3 **Outside Activities.** Employee shall obtain the consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company before he engages, eitherdirectly or indirectly, in any other professional or business activities that may require an appreciable portion of Employee’s time or effort to the detriment of the Company’s business. 

1.4 **Direction of Services.** Employee shall at all times report directly to, and discharge his duties in consultation with andunder the supervision and direction of, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 

2. **Term.** The initial term of thisAgreement shall begin as of the Employment Date and end on the second anniversary of the Employment Date, unless Employee’s employment is sooner terminated in accordance with Section 6 below (the “Initial Term”). Thereafter, thisAgreement shall automatically renew and Employee’s employment shall continue for successive two-year terms (each, a “Renewal Term” and together with the Initial Term, the “Term”) unless the Company gives Employee writtennotice of the Company’s intent not to renew this Agreement at least 60 days before the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, or (b) Employee’s employment under this Agreement is terminated in accordance withSection 6 below. 

 
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3. **Compensation and Expenses.**

3.1 **Salary.** As compensation for services under this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee a regular salary of$350,000 per annum. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, such salary may be adjusted from time to time in the discretion of the Board of Directors. Payment shall be made on a bi-weekly basis, less all amounts required by law orauthorized by Employee to be withheld or deducted. For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “salary” shall mean the regular annual compensation of Employee payable under this Section 3.1, as increased but not decreased.

3.2 **Bonus.** The Company shall establish an incentive plan each year for the payment of cash bonuses to seniorexecutive officers (each, a “Bonus Plan”), on such terms as may be approved by the Board of Directors or its compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”). In addition to the salary described in Section 3.1 above,Employee shall be entitled to participate in each Bonus Plan, subject to its terms; provided that (a) Employee shall have a target bonus amount as determined by the Compensation Committee under each Bonus Plan which is at least equal to 40% ofEmployee’s salary and (b) cash bonuses payable to Employee under each Bonus Plan shall be determined in the same manner as the cash bonuses paid to other senior executive officers of the Company under the applicable Bonus Plan with respectto the same time period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall receive a cash bonus in respect of the 2010 calendar year of $140,000 less the gross amount of any cash bonus received by Employee from Johnson & Johnson for the sameperiod, which bonus shall be paid no later than March 15, 2011. 

3.3 **Long-Term Incentive.** Employee shall beentitled to participate in accordance with the terms of the plan in any long-term incentive plan that may from time to time be adopted by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion; provided that compensation orother benefits provided to Employee under each such long-term incentive plan shall be determined in the same manner as the compensation or other benefits provided under such plans to other senior executive officers of the Company with respect to thesame time period. 

3.4 **Additional Employee Benefits.** Employee shall be entitled to receive or participate in anyadditional benefits, including without limitation medical and dental insurance programs, qualified and non-qualified profit sharing or pension plans, disability plans, medical reimbursement plans, and life insurance programs, which may from time totime be made available by the Company to corporate officers. The Company may change or discontinue such benefits at any time in its sole discretion; provided that additional benefits provided to Employee shall be determined in the same manner as thebenefits provided to other senior executive officers of the Company under such plans with respect to the same time period. 

3.5 **Expenses.** The Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out his dutiesunder this Agreement, subject to compliance with the Company’s reasonable policies relating to expense reimbursement. Expenses subject to reimbursement under this Section 3.5 shall include, but not be limited to, the cost ofbusiness-related travel, lodging and meals and the fees and expenses incurred by Employee to maintain his membership in professional associations and obtain 

 
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continuing professional education reasonably required in connection with Employee’s performance of his duties under this Agreement. All reimbursements under this Section 3.5 will bemade as soon as practicable after submission of any required documentation, in compliance with the Company’s reasonable policies relating to expense reimbursement; provided, however, that all reimbursements will be made no later than the end ofthe calendar year after the calendar year during which the related expense is incurred. 

3.6 **Fees.** All compensationearned by Employee, other than pursuant to this Agreement, as a result of services performed on behalf of the Company or as a result of or arising out of any work done by Employee in any way related to the scientific or business activities of theCompany shall belong to the Company. Employee shall pay or deliver such compensation to the Company promptly upon receipt. For the purposes of this provision, “compensation” shall include, but is not limited to, all professional andnonprofessional fees, lecture fees, expert testimony fees, publishing fees, royalties, and any related income, earnings, or other things of value; and “scientific or business activities of the Company” shall include, but not be limited to,any project or projects in which the Company is involved and any subject matter that is directly or indirectly researched, tested, developed, promoted, or marketed by the Company. 

4. **Stock Awards.**

4.1 **General.**Employee shall be entitled to participate in the Company stock award plan, as may be amended from time to time, and in any successor or replacement stock award or similar plan. Thenumber of stock options or other stock awards that are granted to Employee under the plan from time to time shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee; provided that (a) Employee shall have a target amount ofstock options as determined by the Compensation Committee under the Company’s stock award plan, which is at least equal to the target amount for Employee under the Company’s stock option guidelines for senior managers as in effect fromtime to time (the guidelines for 2010 having been filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009), and (b) Employee shall be entitled to receive stock options and other stockawards which are determined in the same manner as the stock options and stock awards granted to other senior executive officers of the Company under the stock award plan with respect to the same time period. All stock options or other stock awardsgranted to Employee on or after the date of this Agreement shall, to the extent then unvested, immediately vest (i) in the event of a Change of Control (as defined herein) or (ii) in the event Employee’s employment is terminated withGood Reason (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 6.4 or without Cause (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 6.5 during a Change of Control Period (as defined herein), and 50% of such stock options or other stock awards shall, to theextent then unvested, immediately vest in the event Employee’s employment is terminated with Good Reason pursuant to Section 6.4 or without Cause pursuant to Section 6.5 during any period other than a Change of Control Period.

4.2 **Stock Option Grant.** On or as soon as practicable after the Employment Date, Employee shall be granted theoption to purchase 115,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Company’s stock award plan. This option shall be a non-qualified stock option. The first 25% of the foregoing option (28,750 shares) shall vest one(1) year from the date of grant and the remaining 75% (86,250 shares) shall vest in equal 

 
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monthly installments during the next three (3) succeeding years. The exercise price of the foregoing option shall be the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company’scommon stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market, on the date of grant.

4.3 **Restricted Share Grant.** On or assoon as practicable after the Employment Date, Employee shall be granted 75,000 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s stock award plan. The first one-third of such restricted shares (25,000 shares) shall vest one (1) year from thedate of grant, a second one-third of such shares shall vest two (2) years from the date of grant and the final one-third of such shares shall vest three (3) years from the date of grant. 

5. **Confidentiality Agreement.** Employee’s compliance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement is a material requirementof this Agreement and any breach of the Confidentiality Agreement that is materially detrimental to the Company and that, if capable of being cured, is not cured within 30 days of written notice thereof from the Company to Employee, shall constitutea material breach of this Agreement. 

6. **Termination.**

6.1 **Termination Upon Death or Disability.**Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall terminate immediately uponEmployee’s death or Disability. The term “Disability” means Employee is (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to resultin death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (b) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected tolast for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company. 

6.2 **Termination by Employee.** Employee may terminate his employment under this Agreement by 60 days’ written notice to theCompany. 

6.3 **Termination by the Company for Cause.** Employee’s employment under this Agreement may be terminatedby the Company at any time for Cause. Only the following actions, failures, or events by or affecting Employee shall constitute “Cause” for termination of Employee by the Company: (i) willful and continued failure by Employee tosubstantially perform his duties provided herein after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Employee by the Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors of the Company, which demand identifies with reasonable specificity themanner in which Employee has not substantially performed his duties, and Employee’s failure to comply with such demand within a reasonable time; (ii) the engaging by Employee in gross misconduct or gross negligence materially injurious tothe Company; (iii) the commission of any act in direct competition with or materially detrimental to the best interests of the Company; or (iv) Employee’s conviction of having committed a felony. Notwithstanding the foregoing,Employee shall not be deemed to have been terminated by the Company for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to him a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the 

 
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affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board of Directors of the Company finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, the Company hasCause for the termination of the employment of Employee as set forth in any of clauses (i) through (iv) above and specifying the particulars thereof in reasonable detail. The findings of the Board of Directors shall not be binding inconnection with any litigation or dispute arising out of this Agreement. 

6.4 **Termination by Employee With GoodReason.** Employee may terminate his employment under this Agreement for Good Reason; provided that (i) Employee gives written notice to the Board of Directors within 90 days of the event constituting Good Reason; (ii) the Company hasnot cured the event giving rise to such notice within 30 days of receipt of Employee’s notice; and (iii) such termination of employment occurs not less than two years after the occurrence of the event constituting Good Reason. The term“Good Reason” shall mean any of the following: (a) a material breach of this Agreement by the Company; (b) a material diminution in Employee’s base compensation or authority, duties or responsibilities; (c) a materialdiminution in the authority, duties or responsibilities of the person to whom Employee reports, including a change in Employee’s reporting obligation from the Board of Directors to another employee of the Company, if applicable; (d) amaterial diminution of the budget over which Employee exercises control; or (e) a material change in Employee’s job location. 

6.5 **Termination by the Company Without Cause.** The Company may terminate Employee’s employment under this Agreement without Cause by 60 day’s written notice to Employee. In the event theCompany fails to renew this Agreement pursuant to Section 2, such failure shall be deemed to be a termination of Employee’s employment by the Company without Cause. 

6.6 **Definitions.** For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change of Control Period” shall mean the period which begins on the occurrence of a Change of Control and ends 18 monthsthereafter. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change of Control” shall mean a change of control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A pursuant to theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”); provided, however, that a change of control shall only be deemed to have occurred at such time as (i) any person, or more than one person acting as a group within the meaning ofSection 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and the regulations issued thereunder, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of thetotal fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company; (ii) any person, or more than one person acting as a group within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder, acquires (or has acquiredduring the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the Company’s stock; (iii) a majority of the members of the Board ofDirectors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors before the date of the appointment or election; or (iv) a person, or more thanone person acting as a group within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) assets from the Company thathave a total gross fair market 

 
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value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. 

6.7 **Compensation Upon Termination.**

6.7.1 **Termination Upon Death or Disability, by Employee (Other Than for Good Reason) or for Cause.** In the event of a termination of Employee’s employment under Sections 6.1, 6.2, or 6.3,Employee (i) shall be paid all salary pursuant to Section 3.1 through the date of termination and any bonus that has been approved by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee prior to the date of termination but not yet paid (suchbonus shall be paid at the time otherwise payable to other officers of the Company) and (ii) in the case of a termination under Section 6.1, shall receive a prorated portion of any cash bonus for the calendar year in which terminationoccurs (calculated based on the number of days in the calendar year that have passed prior to Employee’s death or commencement of Employee’s Disability, as the case may be), which would have been otherwise payable pursuant toSection 3.2 in the absence of the termination of Employee’s employment, which bonus shall be payable to Employee or his estate at the time that cash bonuses are or would otherwise be payable to other officers of the Company in respect ofsuch year. Except as provided in Section 6.8, all salary and benefits shall cease on the date of termination under Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3, subject to the terms of any benefit plans then in force and applicable to Employee, and the Companyshall have no further liability or obligation hereunder by reason of such termination. 

6.7.2**Termination Without Cause orUpon Good Reason.** In the event of a termination of Employee’s employment with the Company pursuant to Section 6.4 or 6.5, Employee: (i) shall be paid all salary pursuant to Section 3.1 through the date of termination and anybonus that has been approved by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee prior to the date of termination but not yet paid (such bonus shall be paid at the time otherwise payable to other officers of the Company); (ii) shall (A) ifsuch termination is for Good Reason pursuant to Section 6.4 or without Cause pursuant to Section 6.5 and does not occur during a Change of Control Period, be paid a lump sum equivalent to 12 months of Employee’s annual salary**,**or (B) if such termination is for Good Reason pursuant to Section 6.4 or without Cause pursuant to Section 6.5 and occurs during a Change of Control Period, be paid a lump sum equivalent to 24 months of the Employee’s annualsalary; (iii) shall receive a cash bonus for the calendar year in which termination occurs equal to Employee’s target bonus for such year established pursuant to Section 3.2; and (iv) for a period of one year after the date oftermination, shall receive benefits for Employee and/or Employee’s family at levels substantially equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans described in Section 3.4 of this Agreement ifEmployee’s employment had not been terminated, including health, disability and life insurance, in accordance with the most favorable plans of the Company in effect during the 90-day period immediately preceding the date of termination (amountspayable under clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) are collectively referred to as “severance”). Subject to Section 6.9, all payments will be made (or commence) under this Section 6.7 on the 90th day after termination ofemployment hereunder. As a condition to receipt of severance under this Section 6.7.2, within 30 days following termination of Employee’s employment, Employee shall sign and deliver a release agreement, in form and substance substantiallyas set forth in Exhibit B hereto, releasing all claims related to Employee’s employment. The severance shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any other severance arrangement maintained by the Company, and shall be

 
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offset by any monies Employee may owe to the Company. The Company’s obligation to pay the amounts stated in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 6.7.2 shall terminateif, during the period commencing on termination of employment and continuing until all severance payments have been made by the Company, Employee fails to comply with the Confidentiality Agreement and such failure would constitute a material breachof this Agreement under Section 5 hereof. 

6.8 **Health Insurance.** In the event of a termination of Employee’semployment as a result of a Disability or pursuant to Sections 6.4 or 6.5, Employee shall be entitled, at Employee’s election upon written notice to the Company, to receive medical and dental insurance coverage for Employee and his or herfamily pursuant to the health plan or plans offered by the Company to other senior executives. Such insurance coverage shall be at Employee’s sole cost (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.7.2(iv)) and shall be available to Employeeand Employee’s family for the longer of Employee’s or his or her spouse’s lifetime; provided that the Company shall only be required to provide medical and dental coverage pursuant to this Section 6.8 to the extent the Company isself insured for such coverage or coverage for former employees is available on reasonable terms (as determined by the Company) by the Company’s provider(s) of medical and dental coverage. This Section 6.8 shall be binding on the Companyor any successor or assignee of the Company. 

6.9 **Section 409A.** This Agreement is intended to comply withSection 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”) (to the extent applicable) and the parties hereto agree to interpret, apply and administer this Agreement in the least restrictive mannernecessary to comply therewith and without resulting in any increase in the amounts owed hereunder by the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have no liability to the Employee or to any other person if thepayments and benefits provided in this Agreement are not exempt from or compliant with Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if Employee is a “specified employee” within the meaningof Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”) at the time of Employee’s termination of employment and any payment under this Section 6 would otherwise subject Employee to any tax, interest or penaltyimposed under Code Section 409A (or any regulation promulgated thereunder) if the payment or benefit would commence as set forth in this Section 6, then the payment due under this Section 6 shall not be made (or commence) until thefirst day which is at least six months after the date of the Employee’s termination of employment. All payments, which would have otherwise been required to be made to Employee over such six month period, shall be paid to Employee in one lumpsum payment as soon as administratively feasible after the first day which is at least six months after the date of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company. 

7. **Indemnification.** The Company agrees that if Employee is made a party (or is threatened to be made a party to) any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, orinvestigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of his service (including past service) as an officer, director, employee, agent, or the like of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an officer, director, employee,agent, or the like of another entity, including, without limitation, as a fiduciary of an employee benefit plan sponsored or established by the Company (any such service for a subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture or other entity in which the Companyhas an ownership or other financial interest, or as a fiduciary of any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any such other entity, shall 

 
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be presumed to be at the request of the Company), whether or not the basis of such Proceeding is an act or omission alleged to have occurred while Employee was acting in an official capacity as adirector, officer, employee, agent, or the like, then Employee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by applicable law (including for all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred byEmployee), and such indemnification shall continue even if Employee has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, agent, or the like of the Company for any reason. 

8. **Insurance.** During the Term and for a period of six years thereafter (regardless of the reason for the termination of Employee’s employment), the Company shall maintain suitable directorsand officers insurance coverage for Employee in his respective roles and shall name Employee as an additional insured under such insurance policies, which policies shall be no less favorable to Employee than such insurance policies that cover theCompany’s directors during such time period. 

9. **Non-Competition.** In consideration of the severance payablehereunder, during the Term and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, Executive agrees that, unless he obtains written agreement from the Company or the Board of Directors, he will not: 

a. recruit, solicit, or hire any executive or employee of the Company; 

b. induce or solicit any current or prospective customer, client, or supplier of the Company to cease being a customer, client orsupplier or divert Company business away from any customer, client, or supplier of the Company; or 

c. own, manage, control,work for, or provide services to any entity which competes with the Company in the market for rapid point-of-care, oral fluid diagnostic testing in the United States (the “Protected Business”); 

provided, however, that this Section 9 (i) shall not prevent Employee from accepting a position with and working for any other entity whichcompetes with the Company in the Protected Business, if such business is diversified, Employee is employed in a department, division or other unit of the business that is not engaged in the Protected Business and Employee does not, directly orindirectly, provide any assistance, services, advice, consultation or information with respect to rapid point-of-care oral fluid diagnostic testing to the department, division or unit of the business engaged in the Protected Business; and(ii) shall not prevent Employee from purchasing or owning less than five percent (5%) of the stock or other securities of any entity, provided that such stock or other securities are traded on any national or regional securities exchangeor are actively traded in the over-the-counter market and registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

10. **Remedies.** The respective rights and duties of the Company and Employee under this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, those rights and duties afforded to and imposed upon them bylaw or at equity. 

11. **Severability of Provisions.** The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any provisionhereof is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be enforced to the 

 
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maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 

12. **Nonwaiver.** Failure by either party at any time to require performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not limit the right of the party failing to require performance to enforce theprovision. No provision of this Agreement may be waived by either party except by a writing signed by that party. A waiver of any breach of a provision of this Agreement shall be construed narrowly and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of anysucceeding breach of that provision or a waiver of that provision itself or of any other provision. 

13.**Non-Disparagement.** Both during and after his employment, Employee agrees not to disparage the Company or any of its stockholders, directors, officers, or employees, and the Company agrees not to disparage, and to cause its directors, officersand employees not to disparage, Employee. Employee and the Company agree not to make any statement or engage in any conduct that might affect adversely the business or professional reputation of the other party or, in the case of the Company, any ofits stockholders, directors, officers or employees and the Company. Any breach of this Section 14 by a director, officer or employee of the Company shall be deemed to be a breach by the Company. 

14. **Other Agreements.** Employee represents, warrants and, where applicable, covenants to the Company that: 

(a) There are no restrictions, agreements or understandings whatsoever to which Employee is a party which would prevent or make unlawfulEmployee’s execution of this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder, or which is or would be inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder, or would prevent, limit or impair in any way theperformance by Employee of his obligations hereunder; 

(b) Employee’s execution of this Agreement and Employee’semployment hereunder shall not constitute a breach of any contract, agreement or understanding, oral or written, to which Employee is a party or by which Employee is bound; and 

(c) Employee is free to execute this Agreement and to be employed by the Company as an employee pursuant to the provisions set forthherein. 

15. **Successors and Assigns.** This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company andEmployee and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and/or permitted assigns; *provided, however*, that neither Employee nor the Company may make any assignments of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation oflaw or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party, except that, without such consent, the Company may assign this Agreement to any successor to all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company by means ofliquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise and Employee may transfer this Agreement by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, bymerger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) acquiring all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company (whether such assets are held directly or indirectly) to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement inthe same manner and to the same 

 
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extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined andany successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. 

16. **Non-exclusivity of Rights; Effect of Agreement.** Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit Employee’s continuing or further participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive,stock-based or other plan or program provided by the Company and for which Employee may qualify. Except as otherwise provided herein, amounts and benefits which are vested benefits or which Employee is otherwise entitled to receive at or subsequentto the date of termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program. In the event any term of this Agreement is more favorable to Employee than the corresponding terms of any Company plan in which Employee participates or of anyagreement applicable to any stock option, restricted stock grant, stock-based or other award granted to Employee by the Company, then the terms of this Agreement shall govern and the benefit under each such Company plan and Employee’s rightsand benefits under each such award shall be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of any doubt, in the event of the termination of Employee’s employment under circumstances described in Section 6.8.2,the provisions of Section 4 shall apply to each stock option, restricted stock grant and to each other stock-based award whenever granted to the Employee and any forfeiture or recapture provision in any stock option, restricted stock grant, orother stock-based or incentive award which arises upon engaging in competition with the Company shall apply only in the event of Employee’s material breach of Section 9(c) of this Agreement. 

17. **Entire Agreement; Amendments.** This Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement contain the entire agreement and understandingof the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous discussions, agreements and understandings of every nature relating to the employment of Employee by the Company. This Agreement maynot be changed or modified, except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties hereto. 

18. **Consent toSuit.** Any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, or if such court does not have jurisdiction or will not acceptjurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in the county in Pennsylvania in which the Company maintains its principal place of business, and Employee and the Company hereby consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such court andhereby waive any objection that Employee or the Company may have to personal jurisdiction, venue, and any claim or defense of inconvenient forum. 

19. **Counterparts and Facsimiles**.**** This Agreement may be executed, including execution by facsimile signature, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and allof which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. 

20. **Governing Law.** This Agreement shall begoverned by, and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the application of the principles of conflicts of laws. 

 
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The parties have executed this Employment Agreement as of the date stated above. 

 
  **ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.**
*/s/ Anthony Zezzo II*
  By: 
*/s/ Douglas A. Michels*
Anthony Zezzo II     Title: 
President & CEO

 
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**EXHIBIT A**

**Specific Duties of Employee as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales**

Employee, as the Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales of the Company or the surviving entity in the event of a Change of Control, shall haveduties commonly performed by the officer in charge of marketing and sales of a company with capital stock that is publicly traded on a national stock exchange, including, without limitation, being the individual primarily responsible for(i) overseeing the product marketing and sales activities of the Company or such surviving entity; (ii) assisting in identifying and evaluating new products and technologies and product improvements and enhancements to be developed oracquired by the Company or such surviving entity; and (iii) assisting the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or such surviving entity in developing strategic business plans and in planning and evaluating mergers, acquisitions and otherstrategic matters. 

**EXHIBIT B**

RELEASE AGREEMENT 

THIS RELEASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is enteredinto on this      day of                     ,         , by andbetween Anthony Zezzo II (“Executive”) and OraSure Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with each and every of its predecessors, successors (by merger or otherwise), parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions and relatedentities directors, officers, Executives, attorneys and agents, whether present or former (collectively the “Company”); 

WHEREAS, Executive is entitled to receive severance under an Employment Agreement (“Employment Agreement”), dated                    , between Employee and the Company; 

WHEREAS, Executive agrees to execute this Separation Agreement and Release as additional consideration for such severance; and 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Employment Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations contained herein, and intending to be legally held bound: 

1. Consideration. In consideration for Executive’s receipt of severance as provided in the foregoing Employment Agreement,Executive is willing to enter into this Agreement and provide the release set forth herein. 

2. Executive’sRelease. Executive hereby generally releases and discharges the Company, together with each and every of its predecessors, successors (by merger or otherwise), parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions and related entities, directors,officers, executives, attorneys and agents, whether present or former (collectively the “Releasees”), from any and all suits, causes of action, complaints, obligations, demands, or claims of any kind, whether in law or in equity, direct orindirect, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected (hereinafter “claims”), which the Executive ever had or now has arising out of or relating to any matter, thing or event occurring up to and including the date of this Agreement. Exceptas otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Executive’s release specifically includes, but is not limited to: 

a.any and all claims for wages and benefits including, without limitation, salary, stock, options, commissions, royalties, license fees, health and welfare benefits, separation pay, vacation pay, incentives, and bonuses; 

b. any and all claims for wrongful discharge, breach of contract (whether express or implied), or for breach of the implied covenant ofgood faith and fair dealing; 

c. any and all claims for alleged employment discrimination on the basis of age, race,color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability and/or handicap and any and all other claims in violation of any federal, state or local statute, ordinance, judicial precedent or executive order, including but not limited to claimsunder the following statutes: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq., the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. §1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §621 et seq., the OlderWorkers Benefit Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. §626(f), the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,or any comparable statute of any other state, country, or locality except as required by law, but excluding claims for vested benefits under the Company’s pension plans; 

d. any and all claims under any federal, state or local statute or law; 

e. anyand all claims in tort (including but not limited to any claims for misrepresentation, defamation, interference with contract or prospective economic advantage, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, duress, loss of consortium,invasion of privacy and negligence); 

f. any and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs; and 

g. any and all other claims for damages of any kind. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this paragraph shall apply to, or shall release the Company from, (i) any obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Transition ServicesAgreement (if any) or the Employment Agreement; (ii) any accrued or vested benefit of Executive pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the Company, including any benefit not yet due and payable; (iii) any obligation of the Company underexisting stock options, restricted stock or other stock awards; or (iv) any right to indemnification under the Agreement, the By-Laws or Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or any subsidiary or any insurance policy maintained by theCompany or any subsidiary or other entity. 

3. Acknowledgment. Executive understands that his release extends to all ofthe aforementioned claims and potential claims which arose on or before the date of this Agreement, whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, and that this constitutes an essential term of this Agreement. Executive further understandsand acknowledges the significance and consequence of this Agreement and of each specific release and waiver, and expressly consents that this Agreement shall be given full force and effect according to each and all of its express terms andprovisions, including those relating to unknown and unsuspected claims, demands, obligations, and causes of action, if any, as well as those relating to any other claims, demands, obligations or causes of action herein above-specified. 

4. Remedies. All remedies at law or in equity shall be available to the Company for the enforcement of this Agreement. ThisAgreement may be pleaded as a full bar to the enforcement of any claim that Executive may assert against the Company in violation of this Agreement. 

 
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5. No Admissions. Neither the execution of this Agreement by the Company, nor theterms hereof, constitute an admission by the Company of liability to Executive. 

6. Confidentiality. To the extent nototherwise made public by the Company, Executive shall not disclose or publicize the terms or fact of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, to any person or entity, except to Executive’s attorney, spouse, and to others as required by law.Executive is specifically prohibited from disclosing the facts or terms of this Agreement to any former or present executive of the Company except as required by law. 

7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the terms of the Employment Agreement, contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, supersede any prioragreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall be binding upon their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

8. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms or provisions shallnot be affected, and such term or provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. 

9.Advice of Counsel; Revocation Period. Executive is hereby advised to seek the advice of counsel. Executive acknowledges that he is acting of his own free will, that he has been afforded a reasonable time to read and review the terms of thisAgreement, and that Executive is voluntarily entering into this Agreement with full knowledge of its provisions and effects. Executive intends that this Agreement shall not be subject to any claim for duress. Executive further acknowledges that hehas been given at least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement and that if Executive decides to execute this Agreement before the twenty-one day period has expired, Executive does so voluntarily and waives the opportunityto use the full review period. Executive also acknowledges that he has seven (7) days following his execution of this Agreement to revoke acceptance of this Agreement, with the Agreement not becoming effective until the revocation period hasexpired. If Executive chooses to revoke his acceptance of this Agreement, he should provide written notice to: 

GeneralCounsel 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. 

220 East First Street 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 

10. Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be orally changed, waived, discharged, or terminated, and may beamended only by a written agreement between the parties hereto. 

11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed bythe laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to the conflict of law principles of any jurisdiction. 

 
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12. Legally Binding. The terms of this Agreement contained herein are contractual,and not a mere recital. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, acknowledging that they are acting of their own free will, havecaused the execution of this Agreement as of this day and year written below. 

 
OraSure Technologies, Inc.By: 
 
Name: 
 
Title: 
 

 
Anthony Zezzo II
 
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