291 Adm. Order No. The authority for this rule is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075. The department has a responsibility to protect the public, to provide a safe environment for staff and inmates, and to enforce the rules governing inmate prohibited conduct.
Drug use presents a threat to the safety of all staff and inmates.
These measures are implemented to reduce institution violence, and to the extent feasible, ensure that inmates released from prison are drug free. The testing process further identifies inmates who have continued to have a substance abuse problem while incarcerated, and who could be monitored more closely while on parole. Drug testing also provides a mechanism to identify those inmates with substance abuse problems and target them for more frequent testing. The department shall use the same gender staff to administer the collection of urine samples. The handling of specimens in a way which supports legal testimony to prove that the sample integrity and identification of the sample have not been violated, as well as the documentation describing these procedures from specimen collection to final report.