Okla. Admin. Code § 310:638-7-8

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 310:638-7-8 - Rehabilitation/post-rehabilitation urine alcohol testing

(a)Criteria for urine alcohol testing. Urine shall be considered an appropriate specimen for alcohol testing only when monitoring an employee's compliance with program requirements during the course of a substance abuse rehabilitation program and for a defined time period after completion of such a substance abuse rehabilitation program. The period of time an employee shall be subject to urine alcohol testing after completion of a substance abuse rehabilitation program shall be specified by the employer's written policy or as part of a written agreement between employer and employee. Urine shall not be considered an appropriate specimen for alcohol testing under any other conditions.

(b)Cutoff levels for urine alcohol testing. A urine alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater shall be considered a positive initial test for alcohol. A urine alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater shall be considered a positive confirmation test for alcohol.

(c)Urine specimen collection procedures. Urine for rehabilitation/post-rehabilitation alcohol testing shall be collected as required for urine drug testing as described at OAC 310:638-1-8 by collection site personnel who meet the qualifications and training requirements at OAC 310:638-1-10.

(d)Urine alcohol tests.

(1) All initial urine alcohol screening tests shall be performed using gas chromatography or an enzyme assay which meets the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration for commercial distribution or another approved screening procedure. A test performed on urine and analyzed by gas chromatography shall be considered a confirmed urine alcohol test.

(2) All specimens identified as positive on the initial test shall be confirmed using gas chromatography, or an equivalent accepted method of equal or greater accuracy approved by the Commissioner of Health. All confirmations shall be by quantitative analysis. Concentrations which exceed the linear region of the standard curve shall be documented in the testing facility record as "greater than the highest standard curve value."

(3) If the urine alcohol testing facility is not certified for forensic urine drug testing by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or accredited for forensic urine drug testing by the College of American Pathologists the urine alcohol testing facility shall meet the requirements at OAC 310:638-5-1 through OAC 310:638-5-9 for drug screen testing facilities with the exception of OAC 310:638-5-4(a)(1) for initial urine alcohol testing.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:638-7-8

Added at 12 Ok Reg 517, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3069, eff 7-27-95