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If a non-dedicated facility (public restroom or hospital examining room) is used for collections,
is that portion used for testing secured during drug testing by: 1) visually inspecting the
privacy enclosure; 2) assuring that undetected access (e.g., through a rear door) is
prevented; and 3) posting the facility against unauthorized access?
Do you have a copy of Part 40 with technical amendments, and the urine specimen collection
guidelines?
What is done if the employee does not have any form of ID?
If the employee does not have ID, is identification of the employee by another employee being
tested accepted?
If an employee says he is not ready because an employee representative is delayed in
arriving, what is done?
What is done if an employee says he is unable to urinate?
In the collection process, the employee is directed to display the items in his pockets. What
is done if he has a bag filled with urine in his pockets?
If the employee is clearly and unequivocally trying to adulterate or substitute the sample, what
do you do?
If the employee refuses to cooperate with the collection process, what three steps are taken?
If the employee provided an adulterated sample, and refused to allow an observed collection,
what is done with the previously collected adulterated sample?
What is done if the temperature is outside the acceptable range?
In a case where you have collected more than one specimen, and the temperature of the first
specimen collected is out of range, what is sent to the lab?
How often should the security of the designated bathroom be checked?
If there is visual indication of contamination, is this recorded anywhere, and if so, where?
If there is visual indication of contamination, and a second specimen will be collected, what is
done with the first contaminated sample?
If the employee is unable to provide a specimen of at least 45 milliliters, what is done?
What is done with the original insufficient specimen?
If the employee refuses the attempt to provide a new urine specimen, or if the employee
leaves the collection site before the process is complete, what is done?
If the employee has not provided a sufficient specimen within 3 hours of the first unsuccessful
attempt to provide the specimen, what is done?
If the employee is in the 3-hour period during which an attempt to collect a sufficient urine
specimen must be made and it is time
to close the collection facility, what is done?
If during a collection, an event occurs which prevents completion of a valid test or collection
(e.g., a procedural or paperwork error) what is done?
If it is necessary to correct the error, can another collection be conducted as part of this
effort?
May I see a copy of the new Part 40 regulations?
Are employees required to sign consent forms?
How are unauthorized persons prevented from entering the part of the collection site in which
urine specimens are collected or stored?
Have any collectors been hired since August 1, 2001?
Did they receive training? May I see copies of their certificates?
Did the training
include five error-free mock collections?
What are the five mock collections with two uneventful collection scenarios that collector’s
receive during training?
How were collectors hired before August 1, 2001 updated on the new regulations?
Appendix K. Substance Abuse Management Oversight Questionnaires
K-18
August 2002