Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part I - State Athletic Commission › Subpart A - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - PROHIBITED DRUG TESTING › Section 15.5 - Testing procedures

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
				  representative of the Commission will inform a boxer that he has been selected
				  for a test and will give him a Urinalysis/Drug Test Consent Form SAC:UDT-1. The
				  boxer shall complete the Form and shall cooperate with the representative in
				  the administration of the test. The boxer shall note a perceived irregularity
				  in the administration of the test on the form.
(b) If the boxer is to be given a test, the
				  following procedures shall be observed:
(1)
				  The Commission representative will give a sealed urine sample container to the
				  boxer.
(2) The boxer shall wash and
				  dry his hands prior to urination.
(3) The boxer shall urinate into the
				  container in the presence of the Commission representative, the attending or
				  ringside physician and, at the option of the boxer, an individual chosen by the
				  boxer to accompany him. Observers shall be the same sex as the boxer.
(4) Subject to these procedures, the test
				  will be administered in a manner to allow maximum privacy to the
				  boxer.
(5) The boxer shall provide
				  at least 60 ml of urine in the sample container, and shall give the container
				  to the Commission representative.
(6) In the presence of the boxer and other
				  observers, the Commission representative will divide the sample as evenly as
				  possible into two sample containers.
(7) Each sample container will have a label
				  attached which contains the following information: the boxer's Social Security
				  Number, the Commission representative's signature and the physician's
				  signature. One sample will be labeled "A" and the other will be labeled
				  "B."
(8) The Commission
				  representative will seal each container with a lock-cap and will attach to each
				  sample container a tag provided by the laboratory designated to conduct the
				  test. The tag will contain the boxer's Social Security Number.
(9) None of the labels or tags attached to
				  any container will identify the boxer by name.
(10) The Commission representative will tag
				  and label the sample containers. The sample containers will remain in the
				  custody of the representative until they are delivered to the laboratory or its
				  agent.
(11) At the time of
				  delivery, the Commission representative will attach a label to each sample
				  container which will have spaces for the date and time of delivery, the
				  initials of the Commission representative and the initials of the laboratory
				  employe or agent who is picking up the sample. The Commission representative
				  and laboratory employe or agent will complete the label in the presence of each
				  other.
(12) The laboratory will
				  perform its initial test on the urine contained in the sample container labeled
				  "A." If that test reveals the presence of a drug, the laboratory will perform a
				  second screening using the same test used in testing the urine in the sample
				  container labeled "A," on the urine contained in the sample container labeled
				  "B."
(13) If the tests of samples
				  "A" and "B" both reveal the presence of a drug, the laboratory will immediately
				  notify the Executive Director. The Executive Director will then compare the
				  laboratory results with the information supplied by the boxer on the boxer's
				  Urinalysis/Drug Testing Form SAC:UDT-1 to determine if there has been a
				  confirmed positive test result.