Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 638 - Drug and Alcohol Testing › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:638-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Alcohol concentration"
means the amount of
				  alcohol present in urine or blood expressed in terms of percent of the weight
				  of alcohol per volume of urine or blood (w/v), or the amount of alcohol present
				  in breath expressed in terms of grams of alcohol per two hundred ten (210)
				  liters of breath, or the amount of alcohol present in saliva expressed in grams
				  of alcohol per one hundred (100) milliliters of saliva.
"Alcohol testing facility"
means any building,
				  place, or facility in which operations, procedures, or examinations of
				  materials derived from the human body are performed for the purpose of alcohol
				  testing and if, as a result of such testing, mandatory or discretionary
				  consequences may be rendered to the individual.
"Approved drug screening procedure"
means a
				  procedure approved by the Commissioner of Health to initially screen urine,
				  hair or saliva for the presence or absence of a drug or drugs.
"Blind performance test specimen"
means a
				  specimen submitted to a testing facility which is blank i.e., certified to
				  contain no drug, or spiked with one or more drugs for which the testing
				  facility is testing;
"Department"
means the Oklahoma State Department
				  of Health.
"Drug screen testing facility"
means any
				  building, place, or facility in which operations or procedures for the
				  biological, serological, immunological, chemical, immunohematological, or other
				  examinations of materials derived from the human body are performed for the
				  purpose of drug testing and if, as a result of such testing, mandatory or
				  discretionary consequences may be rendered to the individual.
"Proficiency testing program"
means performance
				  of testing on specimens containing those drugs and metabolites which each
				  testing facility shall be prepared to assay in concentration ranges that allow
				  detection of the analyte by commonly used immunoassay screening techniques. The
				  proficiency testing program for drug testing facilities shall be approved for
				  use by the Commissioner of Health.
"Saliva"
means mucosal transudate or a
				  combination of oral fluids consisting of a mixture of gingival crevicular fluid
				  and common saliva.
"Screening device test"
means non-evidential
				  breath testing apparatus such as tubes filled with materials that turn a
				  certain color when alcohol-laden breath is blown into them or a small,
				  hand-held electronic apparatus that registers the presence or absence of
				  alcohol concentration in breath, or an apparatus which registers a particular
				  alcohol concentration when a swab with saliva from the employee's mouth is
				  inserted into it.
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