Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 638 - Drug and Alcohol Testing › Subchapter 5 - Drug Screen Testing Facilities › Section 310:638-5-3 - Security and chain of custody

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				Drug screen testing facilities shall be secure at all times. They shall have in
				place sufficient security measures to control access to the premises and to
				ensure that no unauthorized personnel handle specimens or gain access to
				testing facility processes or to areas where records are stored. Access to
				these secured areas shall be limited to specifically authorized individuals
				whose authorization is documented. With the exception of personnel authorized
				to conduct inspections on behalf of federal or state agencies, all authorized
				visitors and maintenance and service personnel shall be escorted at all times.
				Documentation of individuals accessing these areas, dates, time of entry, and
				purpose of entry shall be maintained.
(b) Drug screen testing facilities shall use
				internal chain of custody procedures to maintain control and accountability of
				specimens from receipt through completion of screening, reporting of results,
				during storage, and continuing until final disposition of specimens. The date
				and purpose shall be documented on an appropriate chain of custody form each
				time a specimen is handled or transferred, and every individual in the chain
				shall be identified. Authorized drug screen testing facility personnel shall be
				responsible for each specimen or aliquot in their possession and shall sign and
				complete chain of custody forms for those specimens or aliquots as they are
				received.
(c) When specimens are
				received, drug screen testing facility personnel shall inspect each package for
				evidence of possible tampering and compare information on specimen bottles and
				containers within each package to the information on the accompanying chain of
				custody forms. Any direct evidence of tampering or discrepancies in the
				information on specimen bottles and containers and the agency's chain of
				custody forms shall be immediately reported to the employer and shall be noted
				on the drug screen testing facility's chain of custody form which shall
				accompany the specimens while they are in the drug screen testing facility's
				possession.
(d) Specimen bottles
				shall normally be retained within the drug screen testing facility's accession
				area until all analyses have been completed. Aliquots and the drug screen
				testing facility's chain of custody forms shall be used by drug screen testing
				facility personnel for conducting initial screening tests.
(e) Urine specimens shall be tested for
				adulteration.
(f) Testing
				facilities shall perform integrity checks on saliva specimens as required by
				facility policy.
Added at 11 Ok Reg 4339,
				  eff 7-14-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 517, eff 12-12-94 (emergency);
				  Added at 12 Ok Reg 3069, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 381, eff 11-1-99
				  (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2045, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1183,
				  eff 4-2-07 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2436, eff
				  7-11-08